{"id":18683,"date":"2025-01-16T03:41:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T03:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18683"},"modified":"2025-01-16T03:41:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T03:41:46","slug":"singer-rachel-platten-breaks-her-silence-after-fans-accuse-her-of-fake-crying-during-national-anthem-before-vikings-rams-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=18683","title":{"rendered":"Singer Rachel Platten Breaks Her Silence After Fans Accuse Her Of \u201cFake Crying\u201d During National Anthem Before Vikings-Rams Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Singer Rachel Platten has broken her silence following accusations of \u201cfake crying\u201d after singing the national anthem ahead of the Vikings-Rams playoff game in Arizona on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Platen, who entertained fans with a pregame show at the State Farm Stadium, changed the lyrics of her hit single \u2018Fight Song\u201d to honor Los Angeles amid the deadly wildfires. She tweaked the line\u00a0<em>\u201cI might only have one match, but I can make an explosion,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0changing it to\u00a0<em>\u201cWe might have been knocked down, but I know we\u2019ll keep going.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The performance attracted some buzz on social media, as some users argued over whether it was appropriate. Fans also accused her of faking it after she appeared to cry after singing the anthem.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tonight\u2019s national anthem performed by singer songwriter and author Rachel Platten <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/19VBeVtr6V\">pic.twitter.com\/19VBeVtr6V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udca5\ud835\udcb6\ud835\udcc0\ud835\udc52 \ud835\udcaf\ud835\udc52\ud835\udc52\ud835\udcc3\u26a1\ufe0f\ud83e\udd0d| Fan Account (@Rlop1234Goat) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rlop1234Goat\/status\/1878974025025941649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fake crying after singing the anthem \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliot (@Elliot_Dennis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Elliot_Dennis\/status\/1878974199454408907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-rachel-platten-breaks-her-silence\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rachel Platten Breaks Her Silence<\/h2>\n<p>The singer has since discussed the performance with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/music\/pop\/rachel-platten-fight-song-rams-vikings-nfl-game-los-angeles-fire-victims-first-responders-1235876232\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Billboard<\/a>, claiming the night was an emotional one for her, given the circumstances.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was such an emotional night,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was so much bigger than me and the song.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mai-link-exclude has-alt-background-color has-background has-light-background has-xs-padding-top has-xs-padding-bottom has-sm-padding-left has-sm-padding-right has-xl-margin-top has-xl-margin-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Google News Follow Us\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>She also had a strong message about mourning and healing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cI feel really incredibly grateful for the whole night,\u201d Platten added. \u201cWe can do so many things with tragedy. We can mourn together, and we can cry together \u2014 but then there are also times to be strong together. What I felt on stage was, \u2018May this song touch people like medicine, may this song be healing.\u2019 I did feel a reverberation and an echo in the stadium of that hunger for hope in the midst of darkness. Sometimes music can do what words can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Platten hopes her performance inspired at least a few fans. But we have to imagine the Rams did, as they shocked the Vikings with an otherworldly defensive outing on the night.<\/p>\n<p>The performance saw them progress to the Divisional Round, where they will face the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>, who beat the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Green bay Packers<\/a>\u00a0to secure their own progression.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-3\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<p>The city of L.A. needed such a result, especially after the Chargers lost, but it will be a long time before it can rebound from the disaster, especially given that it remains a significant threat after claiming 25 lives and destroying thousands of structures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Singer Rachel Platten has broken her silence following accusations of \u201cfake crying\u201d after singing the national anthem ahead of the Vikings-Rams playoff game in Arizona on Monday night. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18685,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18683\/revisions\/18685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}