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Because you’re about to! Ingrid Andress (“4-time Grammy losing singer songwriter,” according to her IG was) sang the National Anthem at the 2024 Home Run Derby, and from sea to shining sea people were not impressed.
Ingrid Andress is a country singer songwriter. Her breakthrough single was 2019’s “More Hearts Than Mine” hit the Billboard Hot 100 and peaked at 30. In 2021, she collabed with Sam Hunt on “Wishful Drinking,” which also hit the Hot 100.
Re: those four Grammy nominations, in 2021 she was nominated for Best New Artist, and “More Hearts Than Mine” (she lost to Megan Thee Stallion) and its album were nommed for Best Country Song and Best Country Album. In 2023, “Wishful Drinking” got the nomination for Best Country Duo/Group Performance.
Listen for yourself.
I mean, not that bad. Roseanne Barr definitely got more flack for her 1990 rendition. And Fergie made bigger swings at the 2018 NBA All Stars Game.
Also, that song is too hard! The National Anthem is an annoyingly difficult song, for its ubiquity. The range you need for it is psycho, and when sung a cappella, it’s that much harder. Andress may have irked people with her cursive-style singing and lack of support on some of those big flourishes.
Even if you don’t know the term, you know the vibe. That way people wayrm theyre vowayals and add a lot of vocal fry. When Camila Cabello was home for Quismoiss? That was cursive.
To paraphrase a French clowining instructora little cursive singing is okay, but a lot is more difficult. Plus she should take a page out of Charli XCX’s book re: singing live.
Okay first of all, Andress co-wrote underrated Charli banger “Boys,” so it’s more germane that you think. But here’s the tea: in a recent interview promoting brat, Charli XCX said “I drink and I smoke and I use AutoTune.” Charli has been using AutoTune live for years, and there’s no shame in that. There’s so much software avail now that no one needs to ever sound bad live ever again.
Yes, according to Matt Rogers. She’s a shoe-in to headline WeHo Pride next year.
See, that’s what I thought, but those are actually a little shorter. Can you imagine, though?
