Conan Gray’s performance of the national anthem during the Home Run Derby is garnering a lot of reactions.
Gray is a 23-year-old YouTube singer-songwriter.
During the event, Gray sang the national anthem and his performance was met with some criticism.
Check out his performance below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBmd4OaE4iM
One Twitter user reacted, saying, “I don’t know who TF Conan Gray is but that was top 5 worst national anthem renditions I’ve ever heard.”
I don’t know who TF Conan Gray is but that was top 5 worst national anthem renditions I’ve ever heard.
— Patrick Sheldon (@P_Shels) July 19, 2022
Another wrote, “Congrats to Conan Gray for having one of the worst national anthem performance.”
Congrats to Conan Gray for having one of the worst national anthem performance. pic.twitter.com/A0BmUjXbTH
— hannie (@hannieawt) July 19, 2022
Check out more reactions below:
Ooooof. I'm guessing whoever Conan Gray is, his "multi-platinum" career has had a LOT of help from Autotune…#HomeRunDerby
— Big D (@BigD_TVF) July 19, 2022
Conan Gray? No offense but this is The midsummer classic!! No one else in LA was available? #HomeRunDerby
— Anthony (@J_Shuttles34) July 19, 2022
Bro I think Conan Gray is tone deaf. That National anthem was as bad as fergie’s. #HomeRunDerby
— Jacob Riegel (@17Riegel) July 19, 2022
Congrats to Conan Gray for the worst national anthem performance since Fergie.
— Pat Trick Hero Usher (@pat_usher) July 19, 2022
Me after listening to Conan Gray’s rendition of the national anthem #HRDerby pic.twitter.com/WrPCxSEXVt
— Teran Johnson (@TeranJSports) July 19, 2022
Gray is not the only celebrity that has received criticism over their performance of the song.
In 2018, Fergie sang the national anthem during the NBA’s All-Star Game.
In case you missed it:
The way Fergie sang the song sparked backlash.
She later broke her silence on the performance, saying, “I’ve always been honored and proud to perform the national anthem and last night I wanted to try something special for the NBA. I’m a risk taker artistically, but clearly this rendition didn’t strike the intended tone. I love this country and honestly tried my best.”
NBA star Steph Curry later posted a video to his Instagram of players dancing to a remix of her performance.
