It might have been Bad Bunny’s impressive Half Time Show that made the biggest headlines at the Super Bowl earlier this month, but it was Charlie Puth’s reharmonised version of the US National Anthem that got music theory nerds talking.
Reacting on YouTube, music educator Charles Cornell called it “one of the greatest national anthems ever,” while jazz pianist Aimee Nolte described it as “pretty much a masterpiece,” comparing it to Whitney Houston’s rendition of The Star Spangled Banner at Super Bowl XXV in 1991.
