Charlie Puth Talks His Audition for Super Bowl 2026, Reveals He Applied to Perform National Anthem
Charlie Puth will be performing the National Anthem at the 2026 Super Bowl, but he didn’t just automatically get the gig.
The 34-year-old singer has revealed that he went through an application process and had to audition for the job!
Keep reading to find out more…
“I applied. I auditioned for it, but I made up my own audition because I’ve always wanted to do it — because I love it musically. It’s the best song. Musically, it’s so special,” Charlie told Rolling Stone.
Charlie wants to prove to people that he can do a major performance like this.
“I just want to do my own thing with the hardest piece of music ever written. And I just wanna show people that I can do it. I feel like people don’t really think of me as, like, a stand-alone vocalist at times…. I actually have always wanted to do this, and I recorded a little demo, just me singing with the Rhodes and sent it to Roc Nation. I’ve been told Jay-Z loved it, and it got to [NFL Commissioner Roger] Goodell and they all said that I could do it,” he added.
Charlie confirmed that he’ll be singing live, despite there being some pre-recorded backing vocals.
“I’ll be singing. The mic will be on,” he said.
Charlie just made a big announcement a couple weeks ago.