The game hadn't even started yet and social media already declared a winner.
Country singer Chris Stapleton brought the house down with his rendition of the national anthem, and sports Twitter took notice.
Social media, in general, always stays ready to strike at even the slightest missteps, but sometimes a singer comes along and absolutely nails it.
It was so powerful, in fact, that it reduced Nick Sirianni to tears and unified Twitter in praise of his understated, outstanding performances.
Stapleton's version was slow, yet short. Dynamic, yet easy. And NFL Twitter was absolutely enamored with it.
In a world where it's easy to nitpick, it was nice to see someone get nearly universal acclaim.
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Chris Stapleton just delivered one of the best National Anthem performances I’ve heard in a long time 🇺🇸
— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) February 12, 2023
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It was so powerful, it even brought Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni to tears.
Emotional. #SBLVII pic.twitter.com/gWLzaHKu8a
— NFL (@NFL) February 12, 2023
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Sirianni wasn't the only one in his feelings, either.
Chris Stapleton might’ve just sang my favorite Super Bowl rendition of the National Anthem (Whitney Houston aside) pic.twitter.com/GJUNkDQllC
— Jared Christopher (@JaredLChris) February 12, 2023
Chris Stapleton just won the Super Bowl.
— Drew Holcomb (@drewholcomb) February 12, 2023
Chris Stapleton smashed that national anthem
— Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) February 12, 2023
Stapleton Anthem Top 5 @ Ya momma ! Lawd that man can sing bruh
— Marcus Spears (@mspears96) February 12, 2023
Chris Stapleton is the greatest singer of all time and you can’t change my mind
— Parker McCollum (@ParkerMcCollum) February 12, 2023
Chris Stapleton NEEDS to do the National Anthem every year pic.twitter.com/JV0WW8cNo6
— Drunk Ryan Poles (@DrunkRyanPoles) February 12, 2023
Me after that Chris Stapleton rendition pic.twitter.com/LsVDuCw2Fv
— Jonathan Jones (@jjones9) February 12, 2023
Chris Stapleton moving grown men to tears. Let him do the anthem every year
— jxke (@cantguardjake) February 12, 2023
Chris Stapleton … BEAUTIFUL 🎤🇺🇸
— Michael Harris II (@MoneyyyMikeee) February 12, 2023
If the aliens wipe us out I’m content with that being the last National Anthem I ever hear. Wow Chris Stapleton 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
— Dante (@DanteTheDon) February 12, 2023
It's truly that level of praise all the way down, there wasn't a bad word to be found about Stapleton's anthem. It was a great lead-in to the Super Bowl, and it looks like his anthem is going to be remembered for a long time.
