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!