Brandy honored her late idol, Whitney Houston, throughout her unimaginable efficiency at first of the NFC Championship recreation.
Brandy, 42, carried out the nationwide anthem on the NFC Championship recreation on Sunday, Jan. 30, and introduced again reminiscences of the late nice Whitney Houston. The Queens star channeled Whitney whereas singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” by dressing in an analogous fashionable white tracksuit that Whitney wore for her iconic 1991 Tremendous Bowl efficiency. And like Whitney, Brandy’s vocals had been completely impeccable. Her efficiency on the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Sunday kicked off the Los Angeles Rams’ final victory towards the San Francisco 49ers.
Brandy DELIVERED as ALWAYS👏🏾🙌🏾 @4everBrandypic.twitter.com/YID6JNo8Mc
— Actuality Speedd (@realityspeedd) January 30, 2022
Brandy’s efficiency was shared throughout social media and obtained reward from fellow celebs and followers. “AMEN BRANDY,” Kelly Rowland wrote on Twitter, alongside a video of the efficiency. One fan shared side-by-side images of Brandy and Whitney from their respective nationwide anthem performances and wrote, “One factor about Brandy, she’s gonna at all times discover a method to pay homage to her idol. Whitney Houston.” A special fan stated that Brandy “seems and sounds as nice as she ever has.” It’s protected to say that Brandy crushed her nationwide anthem efficiency!
Followers of Brandy absolutely understand how a lot she’s idolized Whitney, who died in 2012. The truth is, the powerhouse singers beforehand labored collectively in Disney’s Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, the place Brandy performed the titular character, and Whitney co-produced and starred because the Fairy Godmother. Whereas wanting again on the 1997 movie in an interview with HollywoodLife in Dec. 2021, Brandy gushed over the “I Will At all times Love You” icon.
“My entire factor was that I needed to work with Whitney Houston. Like, it was cool being ‘the primary Black Cinderella,’ however I didn’t actually perceive the significance of that till later in my life,” Brandy defined. “Hindsight is at all times 20/20, so wanting again at being ale to do one thing like that, that’s particular. One thing that’s so numerous, a venture that is so numerous, that welcomes all completely different cultures and one story, it modified my life and it modified so many different individuals’s lives, as effectively.”