Singer Loomis Explains What Happened During Butchered National Anthem

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Singer Loomis is giving insight into her botched take on the National Anthem ... defending she's actually a good singer, despite her poor performance.

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00:00Hey, how are you?

00:03Good to see you.

00:04Hey.

00:05So you're going, obviously, insanely viral on the internet for your C-SPAN National Anthem.

00:10What happened?

00:11Girl, so let me start out by saying I am the daughter of a veteran, so Dad, I'm sorry.

00:20I didn't want to mess up the National Anthem.

00:22Is this how you got the gig or how'd you get the gig?

00:24No, because I really do sing and I'm really a good singer, I promise you.

00:28So what had happened was, I didn't know it was live, right?

00:31And I was like-

00:32How did you not know it was live?

00:33Because listen, I had walked out, right?

00:36And I was like, and then I was like, oh, say, can you see?

00:41And then I gave it like the right tone, because you know, you got to start lower so you can

00:45get up there, you know?

00:47But then he stopped me.

00:48He was like, we're not ready yet.

00:51And I was like, what?

00:52So then I didn't know it was live because I'm like, okay, we can go back.

00:55You know what I mean?

00:56And then I got to the spot, and then I got nervous, and then I was scared, but it was

01:01crazy.

01:02And can I tell you guys something?

01:03Since I was a little girl, this was the most, I've always said, I don't want to sing the

01:09National Anthem.

01:10It's like the scariest thing to me ever since I was a little girl, because, you know, everyone's

01:14standing up all serious with no, with no, you know, everyone's all quiet, it's scary.

01:23I mean, you're not the first one to mess up the National Anthem.

01:26Fergie, Steven Tyler has messed it up.

01:29Why?

01:30But I really sing it good.

01:31Why is this song so hard to sing?

01:34You know, that's a great question, because, I don't know, because it's so standard, and

01:39everyone's so quiet, and it's so serious.

01:42It's not like your own show when you get to be yourself or express yourself.

01:47It's like, you're putting on for the whole, for the whole nation or whatever, you know?

01:52And it's, it's really, it's a scary thing.

01:54Is this helping your career in any way, like, like, is it helping your other music, or people

02:00are finding out about you?

02:01I don't know yet.

02:02It barely happened like two days ago.

02:03Yeah.

02:04But I'm still here.

02:05Yeah, but are you glad it happened?

02:07You know what?

02:08Yes.

02:09Because failure is greatness sometimes, and I'm just a person.

02:12And I do sing really good, and I do know how to hit the notes, but I was really nervous.

02:16Would you, if somebody asked you to sing the National Anthem live on TV again, would

02:22you do it?

02:23Yes.

02:24Um, Good Morning America has already asked me, and I'm actually gonna do it again now.

02:29And I would love for you to see it, because I'm gonna get a chance to practice, because

02:32I only got the day before to do my scariest thing I ever did, so it was super scary.

02:38So this, this is helping your career.

02:39It is, and it's also helping me as a person, because sometimes you feel like you have to

02:43be perfect at everything you do, but guess what?

02:47Your imperfections are sometimes the parts that people feel the most connected to, and

02:51I want to let every singer know, sometimes you can fail, you can hit the wrong note,

02:54you can do whatever, but you're still a baddie, and don't ever be scared.

02:57Do you have a dream collab?

02:58Yes.

02:59Who?

03:00Doja Cat.

03:01Where you at, bitch?

03:02Ha ha!

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