Malea Emma's National Anthem Performance

Malea Emma's National Anthem Performance

Updated Sep 26, 2018 at 02:00PM EDT by Adam.

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Malea Emma's National Anthem Performance refers to a widely praised rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by seven-year old Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja before a Major League Soccer game in Los Angeles between the Los Angeles Galaxy and the Seattle Sounders.

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On September 19th, 2018, the Los Angeles Galaxy announced that seven-year old Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja won a social media contest to perform "The Star Spangled Banner" at an upcoming game at their stadium. They posted a video of the child learning the news (shown below).




On September 23rd, Tjandrawidjaja performed the anthem before a game between the Galaxy and Seattle Sounders (shown below).



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Tjandrawidjaja's performance was widely praised, particularly because of her young age. Galaxy player and global soccer superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic "MVP of the game!" after the performance, gaining over 9,800 retweets and 56,000 likes (shown below, left). Indiana Eleven player Brad Ring tweeted he hoped Tjandrawidjaja would perform at one of his team's home games (shown below, right).


Zlatan Ibrahimović @lbra_official Follow MVP of the game! LA Galaxy @LAGalaxy MUST-WATCH: 7-year-old @MaleaEmma delivers one of the best national anthem performances in @StubHubCenter history. 2:00 12:37 AM -24 Sep 2018 Brad Ring @BradRing87 Follow We have had some great performers this season but bring @MaleaEmma to arn @indyEleven game! What a beast! #vocals Danielle Wooding Wooding Dani Amazing performance @MaleaEmma If you're ever in Indianapolis, we would love to have you perform for an @indyEleven game! twitter.com/LAGalaxy/statu. 11:30 AM - 25 Sep 2018 from Indiana, USA

After the performance, Tjandrawidjaja received media attention from several major publications, including ABC,[1] NPR,[2] Slate,[3] and others. She told ABC, "I was thinking that I cannot do anything wrong because it's a really special song to America." Tjandrawidjaja also tweeted a video in which she said she hoped she hoped she could perform with Christina Aguilera, gaining over 510 retweets and 1,400 likes (shown below).




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Kristin @KristinKarnitz Follow This is absolutely incredible. Love it. Brava to Malea Emma, you go girl!!! ABC NewsABO HIGH NOTE: 7-year-old Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja stunned fans - and players - with her rendition of the national anthem before a packed crowd of MLS fans.... 1:53 8:14 AM -25 Sep 2018 from De Pere, WI Ted Lieu @tedlieu Follow Despite our challenging times, I am reminded constantly of the awesomeness of America as shown below LA Galaxy @LAGalaxy MUST-WATCH: 7-year-old @MaleaEmma delivers one of the best national anthem performances in @StubHubCenter history. 2:00 11:21 PM -25 Sep 2018 Follow @jleung She is 7 years old!?!? ABC News@ABC HIGH NOTE: 7-year-old Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja stunned fans - and players - with her rendition of the national anthem before a packed crowd of MLS fans.... 1:53 8:25 PM - 25 Sep 2018 LA Galaxy @LAGalaxy Follow tfw @MaleaEmma sings the national anthem NCER doOD ANC CE 11:38 AM -24 Sep 2018 Crystal_Lanham @CrysLanham Follow Blown away!!!! LA Galaxy @LAGalaxy MUST-WATCH: 7-year-old @MaleaEmma delivers one of the best national anthem performances in @StubHubCenter history. 2:00 Michael Lewis @michaeljlewis75 Follow Holy cow this girl is amazing! One of the best anthems l've ever heard LA Galaxy @LAGalaxy MUST-WATCH: 7-year-old @MaleaEmma delivers one of the best national anthem performances in @StubHubCenter history. 2:00 10:00 PM -25 Sep 2018

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