Then there’s the real life takeaway here to go outside your comfort zone, take some blows to the face, and wash away the backlash with kindness. 'Kaepernick stood up and told her not to disrepect the national anthem.' My conservative southern father said to me while listening to the performance Now this is an anthem I could kneel to.
But she didn’t want to be the middling Washington Wizards of pop music. Someone on twitter said Fergie is so woke that her voice knelt during the National anthem. And that’s a risk someone with the money, wealth and respect Fergie has, never needed to take. She took a smoldering hot mess of a chance at landing something perfect like a Joel Embiid and instead pulled up at. America sucks.' At the time of publication, Fergie was trending with over 2,000 tweets from people who were comparing Gray's 'Star Spangled Banner' to hers. She took a smoldering hot mess of a chance at landing something perfect - like a Joel Embiid - and instead pulled up at training camp with a Darko Milicic. Fergie’s jazzy, sexy anthem was in many ways like the Sixers process. Fergie’s jazzy, sexy anthem was in many ways like the Sixers “process”. I look back at Fergie’s moment and interpret it in two ways: in both the basketball sense and the real-life sense. This was a risk - a damn big one that went all the way wrong - but a memorable one. I love this country and honestly tried my best,” she said.Īnd she isn’t wrong. I’m a risk taker artistically, but clearly this rendition didn’t strike the intended tone. Even Saturday Night Live 's Leslie Jones weighed in from South Korea. “I’ve always been honored and proud to perform the national anthem and last night I wanted to try something special for the NBA. On Sunday night, Fergie tried to give the National Anthem a modern spin, but it was quickly blasted by viewers at home. Fergie’s risk is a leap of faith we should all take at some pointįergie embraced the backlash of her bold attempt that went horribly wrong, and even unnecessarily apologized for it a day later. Post Game Vibe : #FergieRemixChallenge #ThisSongReallyFireTho post shared by Alfonzo McKinnie on at 8:00pm PDTĪmazingly, this anthem had a second life eight months later, further cementing its significance and willingness to never be forgotten.
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