{"id":164320,"date":"2025-12-02T12:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/164320\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:56:13","slug":"charlie-puth-responds-to-2026-super-bowl-national-anthem-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/164320\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Puth Responds to 2026 Super Bowl National Anthem Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCharlie Puth<\/a> is standing strong in the face of online backlash to the announcement of his upcoming national anthem performance at next year\u2019s Super Bowl<\/a> LX (Feb. 8, 2026).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ll never claim to be as good of a singer as Whitney Houston ever was,\u201d the four-time Grammy nominee wrote on X on Monday (Dec. 1), responding directly to a user. \u201cBut I assure you we\u2019re putting a really special arrangement together- in D major. It\u2019ll be one of my best vocal performances.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOver the holiday weekend (Nov. 30), the NFL unveiled the official lineup for the\u00a0Super Bowl LX pregame<\/a>. With Puth handling the national anthem, Brandi Carlile will sing \u201cAmerica the Beautiful,\u201d and Coco Jones will deliver a rendition of \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tAll three Billboard-charting vocalists will take the stage ahead of Bad Bunny\u2019s highly anticipated 2026 Apple Music halftime show<\/a>. Seven-time Grammy winner Jon Batiste performed the national anthem at Super Bowl LIX (Feb. 9), following recent renditions from Reba McEntire (2024), Chris Stapleton (2023) and Mickey Guyton (2022).<\/p>\n

\n\tPuth, who topped the Billboard Hot 100<\/a> alongside Wiz Khalifa with the Furious 7 soundtrack single and Paul Walker tribute \u201cSee You Again,\u201d boasts three consecutive Billboard 200<\/a> top 10 albums. His most recent release, 2022\u2019s eponymous LP, reached No. 10 and spawned the Hot 100 hits \u201cLight Switch\u201d (No. 27) and \u201cLeft and Right\u201d (No. 22, with Jung Kook of BTS). Known for his meticulous arrangements and vast musical knowledge, which he frequently shares through glimpses into his writing and production process on his official TikTok page<\/a>, Puth also reached the Hot 100\u2019s top 10 with his remix of country star Gabby Barrett\u2019s \u201cI Hope\u201d (No. 3).<\/p>\n

\n\tWith two months to spare, Puth certainly has time to perfect his arrangement before the big game. Just one month later (March 6), he\u2019ll share his fourth studio album, Whatever\u2019s Clever!<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tRead Puth\u2019s full response to the backlash below.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll never claim to be as good of a singer as Whitney Houston ever was. But I assure you we\u2019re putting a really special arrangement together- in D major. It\u2019ll be one of my best vocal performances. https:\/\/t.co\/N4POfitxhb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Charlie Puth (@charlieputh) December 1, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n


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