Singer explains why she ‘butchered’ the British national anthem in front of thousands of football fans

A singer has apologized for “slaughtering” the British national anthem at an England football match on Thursday night.

The Italian-American singer Ellynora was asked to perform God save the king before the start of the European Championship qualification in Naples.

However, she seemed to struggle with the song, singing out of tune, repeating the first line twice and fiddling with her earpiece.

Cameras caught the players staring at each other in confusion over the disaster, and a TV pundit called the performance “a mess”, while fans watching on social media quickly chimed in, accusing them of the national anthem “gender” has:

Now Ellynora – who previously tried to represent San Marino at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – has apologised. She explained that a technical glitch meant she heard the music in her headphones but was out of sync with her performance and found it impossible to catch up. .

And she said it Daily mail Newspaper that she was “so angry about what happened because I wanted it to be perfect, but what happened wasn’t my fault.” I would like to apologize to all the England fans who were at the stadium watching on TV. I am ashamed of what happened and I want people to know that I was not disrespectful.

“It was a great honor to be asked to sing the national anthem and I was so excited to do it. I’ve never sung anything like that.”

The musical disaster did not appear to harm the English team, who ended up beating Italy 2-1.