{"id":2296400,"date":"2024-07-16T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-widely-pans-ingrid-andresss-national-anthem-performance-at-home-run-derby-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T13:55:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T17:55:27","slug":"ingrid-andresss-national-anthem-performance-at-home-run-derby-receives-widespread-criticism-on-social-media-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ingrid-andresss-national-anthem-performance-at-home-run-derby-receives-widespread-criticism-on-social-media-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ingrid Andress&#8217;s national anthem performance at Home Run Derby receives widespread criticism on social media &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fingrid-andresss-national-anthem-performance-at-home-run-derby-receives-widespread-criticism-on-social-media-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2296400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-the-national-day-of-prayer-not-observed-in-dc-for-the-first-time-in-70-years\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Was The National Day Of Prayer Not Observed In DC For The First Time In 70 Years?\">national anthem performance<\/a> by Ingrid Andress\u2063 at the\u2062 2024 Home Run Derby, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-rewrites-han-and-leias-love-story-in-shameless-star-wars-hotel-marketing-ploy\/\" title=\"Disney Rewrites Han And Leia\u2019s Love Story In Shameless Star Wars Hotel\u00a0Marketing Ploy\">received negative feedback<\/a> from\u2063 viewers. Social media users criticized her off-key singing, with some comparing it \u200cto\u2062 &#8220;Gitmo\u2062 interrogation recordings.&#8221; As a result, Andress has\u2064 disabled \u2064replies on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media accounts<\/a>. Many fans were\u200c disappointed \u200cwith Andress&#8217; rendition of the national anthem, with some even \u200bcalling for her to issue an apology for her performance. Some viewers felt that her performance lacked respect for \u2064the \u200banthem and the event itself.<\/p>\n<p>Andress has not yet publicly addressed the criticism,\u2064 but disabling replies\u200b on her social media accounts suggests that she is aware of the backlash and wants to avoid further negative comments.<\/p>\n<p>Performing the national anthem is a challenging task, as it requires vocal precision and emotional depth. While some \u2064viewers may have been \u200ddisappointed with Andress&#8217; performance, it&#8217;s important to remember that everyone makes mistakes and criticism should be constructive rather than hurtful.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, Andress\u2062 will take this experience as \u2063an opportunity\u2062 for growth \u200band improvement in her future performances. It&#8217;s always important to \u200cremember that artists are human too,\u200d and they deserve kindness and respect, \u200ceven \u200cwhen their \u200dperformances \u2064fall short of expectations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">\n<div class=\"tdb-search-form-inner\"><input class=\"tdb-head-search-form-input\" placeholder=\" \" type=\"text\" value name=\"s\" autocomplete=\"off\"><button class=\"wpb_button wpb_btn-inverse btn tdb-head-search-form-btn\" title=\"Search\" type=\"submit\"><span>Search<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Social media widely pans Ingrid Andress&rsquo;s national anthem performance at Home Run Derby<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/asher-notheis\/\">Asher Notheis<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-16T13:37:14-04:00\">July 16, 2024 1:37 pm<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1704485\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/major-league-baseball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Major League Baseball<\/a> hosted its 2024 Home Run Derby on Monday night, and the verdict from viewers is that Ingrid Andress&rsquo;s rendition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/national-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>national anthem<\/a> was a swing and a miss.<\/p>\n<p>Andress, a four-time Grammy-nominated country <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/music\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>singer<\/a>, performed off-key on several notes in the song. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Social media<\/a> users widely panned it, with some joking that their universal dislike of the song provided unity in a time of division.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Definitely one of the anthems of all time <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LvSYSmR1wF\">pic.twitter.com\/LvSYSmR1wF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JomboyMedia\/status\/1813005231363616990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Definitely one of the anthems of all time,&rdquo; one user wrote. Another compared her performance to &ldquo;Gitmo interrogation recordings.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ingrid Andress was the person we needed as a country at this moment to unite all of us, right and left, black and white, Christian or Muslim or Jew, in wondering if her Grammy nominations were for Gitmo interrogation recordings <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FvLU1jw4HT\">https:\/\/t.co\/FvLU1jw4HT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sunny (@sunnyright) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunnyright\/status\/1813218026772210022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just please don&#8217;t try to sing our National Anthem ever again.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Puryear (@scottpuryear) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottpuryear\/status\/1813008446075125884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Joe Biden could&rsquo;ve sang that better,&rdquo; another user on X quipped. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joe Biden could&rsquo;ve sang that better<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Franklin (@franklinisbored) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/franklinisbored\/status\/1813010195573821656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Me after that National Anthem <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wgy777IAJt\">https:\/\/t.co\/wgy777IAJt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/49kSl4R2WA\">pic.twitter.com\/49kSl4R2WA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; utah outlaw propaganda (@AggieFanGUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AggieFanGUS\/status\/1813224963458888046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As of Tuesday afternoon, Andress has turned off replies to her social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMA2iF6RuXk?si=6LVyH8i7SQ7lra4r\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Andress&rsquo;s rendition also brought comparisons to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CMA2iF6RuXk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" Fergie&rsquo;s performance of the National Anthem\"> Fergie&rsquo;s performance of the national anthem<\/a> in 2018 before the NBA&rsquo;s All-Star Game. Many people criticized Fergie&rsquo;s unique take on the anthem, with some people in the audience visibly trying not to laugh during her performance.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMzIk2pUuNU?si=cjN7XE3raKG7kyas\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/roseanne-barr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Roseanne Barr<\/a>&lsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hMzIk2pUuNU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"performance in 1990\">performance in 1990<\/a> at a San Diego Padres game was also slammed for being shrill and off-key.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1704485\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1704485\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media users heavily criticized Ingrid Andress&#8217;s performance of the national anthem at the 2024 Home Run Derby, with many noting that she sang off-key on several notes. Some compared her rendition to &#8220;Gitmo interrogation recordings&#8221; and joked that their dislike of the performance brought unity in a time of division. Andress has since turned off replies to her social media accounts. The performance drew comparisons to Fergie&#8217;s rendition at the 2018 NBA All-Star Game and Roseanne Barr&#8217;s performance at a San Diego Padres game in 1990, both of which were also heavily criticized<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2296401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ingrid-scaled-1024x681.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7375,35233,35232,33763,32364],"class_list":["post-2296400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-criticism","tag-home-run-derby","tag-ingrid-andress","tag-national-anthem","tag-social-media"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Ingrid-scaled-1024x681.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2296401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}