Carrie Underwood handled some main technical difficulties throughout her efficiency of “America the Stunning” at Donald Trump‘s inauguration. The nation singer’s efficiency contained in the Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Monday, January, 20, was initially delayed resulting from difficulties with the music. When she lastly began singing, she did so a cappella.
“I can simply sing it,” she was seen telling an official. She then received on the mic and prompted the attendees to affix her within the efficiency. “You understand the phrases,” she instructed the gang. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and extra could possibly be seen singing alongside as they stood behind Underwood on the occasion.
Though the American Idol choose has acquired backlash for her determination to carry out at Trump’s inauguration, she was praised for staying calm and picked up amid the chaos and technical difficulties. Viewers lauded the efficiency as “unimaginable” and applauded Underwood for “completely” executing the efficiency.
Carrie Underwood simply proved why she is an expert. Nice job staying composed within the face of technical difficulties at #InaugurationDay
— J. Dylan White (@JDylanWhite) January 20, 2025
As soon as she completed holding out her final observe, Underwood shook fingers with Biden, Trump, and vice chairman J.D. Vance. Nonetheless, many X customers observed that she seemingly snubbed Harris and didn’t shake her hand earlier than exiting.
Carrie Underwood didn’t shake Kamala’s hand. Petty
— Neo-Gambian (@ajindey) January 20, 2025
Carrie underhood didnt shake Kamala’s hand… Kamala wouldn’t need to contact yours even with a serviette in between 😭😭
— 𝔅𝔢𝔰𝔱 𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔶 𝔤𝔢𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔩.𖥔 (@CAPTAINTVEGA) January 20, 2025
Underwood was introduced as one among Trump’s inauguration performers on January 13. Of her determination to carry out on the controversial occasion, she defined, “I really like our nation and am honored to have been requested to sing on the inauguration and to be a small a part of this historic occasion. I’m humbled to reply the decision at a time once we should all come collectively within the spirit of unity and seeking to the longer term.”
Prior to now, Underwood has not brazenly spoken about her political beliefs and has steered away from publicly taking sides in political debates. “I attempt to keep far out of politics if potential, a minimum of in public, as a result of no person wins,” she instructed The Guardian in 2019. “It’s loopy. All people tries to sum all the things up and put a bow on it, prefer it’s black and white. And it’s not like that.”