Ingrid Andress Talks Frankly About the National Anthem That Made Her ‘America’s Punching Bag,’ What She Learned in Rehab, and Being ‘Terrified’ Before Her Joyful Do-Over: ‘You Can’t Mess It Up Twice’
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic When Ingrid Andress sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a pro hockey game in Denver earlier this month, it certainly counted as one of the most fraught renditions of the national anthem in our collective pop-culture history.
Andress, one of the most acclaimed young singer-songwriters in country music this past decade, had made headlines last summer for doing a notoriously off-key version of the anthem prior to the MLB Home Run Derby.
And suddenly, before a Colorado Avalanche game, with no advance warning, here she was, returning to the scene of the crime, figuratively speaking, to get a dramatic do-over.
It was a risk: As Andress tells Variety, she knew if she somehow flubbed it this time, there’d be no coming back from that for much of the public.
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