Super Bowl LX will feature several moments that extend beyond the game itself.
One of the most anticipated will come before kickoff, when the national anthem will be performed.
Charlie Puth has been selected for that role on the NFL’s biggest stage.
The singer has spoken about how he views the opportunity and what the moment represents for him personally.
Why singing the national anthem at Super Bowl LX matters to Charlie Puth
Puth described the Super Bowl as the biggest stage a musician can step onto.
He said the scale of the event and the size of the audience made the opportunity particularly meaningful.
“It’s special to be able to perform on a big stage, the biggest stage in the world, like this because of how many people you’re reaching,” Puth said.
He explained that reaching a wide audience has always been central to his ambitions as an artist.
“My lifetime goal is to reach as many people as I can musically,” he added. “And what better place to do it than Super Bowl LX.”
What Charlie Puth wants the Super Bowl LX crowd to feel
Puth also shared what he hopes fans inside the stadium and watching around the world will take from his performance.
He said unity was the main emotion he wanted the anthem to evoke.
“The feeling I hope the audience has is unity, knowing that music, in my opinion, is the ultimate unifying source,” Puth explained. “It’s the glue that keeps us all together.”
He added that the length of the anthem was less important than the shared experience.
“However long the anthem ends up being, I hope that we can all be there in the stadium, musically unified,” Puth continued.
He closed by welcoming fans to the event, saying, “I’m Charlie Puth, welcome to Super Bowl LX.”
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