This is really interesting, the rendition and the reactions.
Did she change the lyrics? I didn’t catch that she did. That would not be kosher.
But her flee-flowing melodic alterations?
The Star-Spangled Banner is ‘famous’ for being unsingable!
Looks like she took on the challenge of solving that problem.
And then people got all offended.
It’s like drink and be called a wino. Don’t drink and be called a square.
The tune of The Star Spangled Banner was originally a old pub drinking song, “To Anacreon in Heaven”...........
It was written during a war when a man saw the US flag still flying
If you’ve never been you ought to go
Words and context are important