{"id":17389,"date":"2025-10-26T16:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/17389\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T16:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T16:13:20","slug":"bebe-rexha-s-i-native-performs-star-spangled-banner-at-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/17389\/","title":{"rendered":"Bebe Rexha, S.I. native, performs \u2018Star-Spangled Banner\u2019 at World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pop star Bebe Rexha, who hails from Staten Island, performed \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d ahead of Game 2 of the 2025 World Series on Saturday in Toronto, Canada, according to Fox Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s championship series features the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n

Rexha\u2019s rendition of the national anthem sparked mixed reactions online, according to the Daily Mail<\/a>. On X, formerly known as Twitter, some viewers described the performance as \u201cflat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot do it better than her; but having said that, she does go flat at times lol. Whitney and Stapleton are the GOATs,\u201d said Reformed_Patri8, a user based in Nevada.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Stunning\u2019?? It stunned my ears, and not in a good way,\u201d wrote MiMi_Mae_SouthOne.<\/a><\/p>\n

Others praised the performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s incredible,\u201d said X user stakit_live.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNice,\u201d added Misha21122.<\/a><\/p>\n

Pharrell Williams and Alessia Cara performed the Canadian national anthem, \u201cO Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

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