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These are divisive occasions within the USA, however few issues deliver People collectively just like the Tremendous Bowl.
And singer Lauren Daigle is making ready for the largest second of her profession after being chosen to serenade over 100 million viewers along with her pregame rendition of “America the Beautiful.”
The 33-year-old Louisiana native — who’s finest recognized for her Christian modern hits like “Trust In You” and “O’Lord” — has confronted many setbacks all through her profession.
Artist Lauren Daigle participates in a moderated dialog with Apple Music Radioâs Nadeska Alexis and Ebro Darden through the Tremendous Bowl LIX Pregame + Apple Music Halftime Present Press Convention at Ernest N. Morial Conference Heart on February 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Picture by Sean Gardner/Getty Pictures)
Lauren Daigle Remembers ‘Public Ridicule’
Again in 2020, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell known as for Daigle to be faraway from the lineup of ABC’s New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve.
The explanation? Daigle had publicly objected to Covid restrictions positioned on locations of worship on the top of the pandemic.
“She cannot be allowed to represent New Orleans,” Cantrell wrote in an open letter after Daigle carried out at a rally protesting the restrictions.
Lauren Daigle attends Chris Stapleton’s Efficiency Reside From The Fillmore New Orleans for SiriusXM and Pandora on February 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Picture by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Pictures for SiriusXM)
Daigle recollects being devastated by such a public condemnation. She says that after studying of the mayor’s objections, she went dwelling to Lafayette, Louisiana, the place she climbed into her dad and mom mattress and “pulled the covers over [her] head.”
“There’s no amount of public ridicule that is fun,” Lauren recalled throughout a current interview on the “Arroyo Grande” podcast.
“To get this moment years later, I would say for anybody watching that has had their reputations smeared in any sort of way and they are just waiting for the moment of vindication, sometimes it only takes five years,” she added.
Artists Ledisi, Trombone Shorty, Lauren Daigle and Jon Batiste pose for a photograph previous to a moderated dialog with Apple Music Radioâs Nadeska Alexis and Ebro Darden through the Tremendous Bowl LIX Pregame + Apple Music Halftime Present Press Convention at Ernest N. Morial Conference Heart on February 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Picture by Sean Gardner/Getty Pictures)
Now, Lauren has come full circle by representing her dwelling state on the largest stage in sports activities.
And her followers couldn’t be extra excited.
A Huge Evening For Music Followers
When you’re the kind of Tremendous Bowl viewer who’s extra excited about music than soccer, you then’ve bought lots to stay up for tonight.
Along with Lauren’s patriotic efficiency, Kendrick Lamar might be taking the stage at halftime.
And naturally, Taylor Swift might be readily available as Travis Kelce and the Chiefs try to make historical past by turning into the primary crew in NFL historical past to win three straight Tremendous Bowls.
It guarantees to be an evening to recollect.
