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Singer-songwriter Ingrid Andress sang the national anthem at the MLB’s Home Run Derby in a performance that has been labeled anything but a home run.
Social media users were quick to slam the country star’s a cappella, tonally fluid version of the song on Monday.
“My ears are bleeding. One of the worst national anthem renditions ever,” one X user brutally wrote.
Another account called her version “interesting, to say the least…”
“This is what a Grammy nominee made by Auto-Tune sounds like without Auto-Tune or musical accompaniment (a cappella) ….Her career could be wrecked….” yet another remarked.
“Joe Biden could’ve sang that better,” one joked.
Some even begged: “Just please don’t try to sing our National Anthem ever again.”
“That Ingrid Andress national anthem might have been the …