Charlie Puth will be performing the National Anthem at the 2026 Super Bowl, but he didn’t just automatically get the gig.
The 34-year-old singer has revealed that he went through an application process and had to audition for the job!
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“I applied. I auditioned for it, but I made up my own audition because I’ve always wanted to do it — because I love it musically. It’s the best song. Musically, it’s so special,” Charlie told Rolling Stone.
Charlie wants to prove to people that he can do a major performance like this.
“I just want to do my own thing with the hardest piece of music ever written. And I just wanna show people that I can do it. I feel like people don’t really think of me as, like, a stand-alone vocalist at times…. I actually have always wanted to do this, and I recorded a little demo, just me singing with the Rhodes and sent it to Roc Nation. I’ve been told Jay-Z loved it, and it got to [NFL Commissioner Roger] Goodell and they all said that I could do it,” he added.
Charlie confirmed that he’ll be singing live, despite there being some pre-recorded backing vocals.
“I’ll be singing. The mic will be on,” he said.
Charlie just made a big announcement a couple weeks ago.