Jimmy Buffett raised some eyebrows with a mic drop following a questionable performance of the national anthem.
The “Margaritaville” singer delivered his rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” on Sunday ahead of the NFC Championship Game in New Orleans, but left many scratching their heads over his performance.
The lifelong New Orleans Saints fan sang what many considered a lackluster version of the national anthem but then stretched out his hand and dropped the microphone at the end.
Never in my life did I think I’d see a Jimmy Buffett mic drop. #LARvsNO pic.twitter.com/7e27uI7Z3o
— Adrian Garro (@adriangarro) January 20, 2019
Social media lit up with comments on the 72-year-old performer’s confusing finale to the song.
Imagine spending 40+ years building a personal brand that’s the exact opposite of a mic drop and then doing this https://t.co/DVSfkNIGqL
— Bonnie Stiernberg (@aahrealbonsters) January 20, 2019
Jimmy Buffett mic drop. We don’t know what to think. pic.twitter.com/DOE50dkU1Q
— 12up (@12upSport) January 20, 2019
Jimmy Buffett just dropped the mic after singing the national anthem.
Saints by 20.
— Andrew Doak (@AndrewDoak_WWL) January 20, 2019
He should have stayed in his lane.
— Darryl Moody (@DBMoody) January 20, 2019
That was the only good part of his performance. #Woof https://t.co/Hq3GWUsv5z
— Brian Bush (@BrianBush904) January 20, 2019
I don’t think Jimmy Buffett fully thought through what he was doing when he went for such an enthusiastic mic drop. #NFCChampionship #NFL #SaintsvsRams #jimmybuffett pic.twitter.com/NqTBSpd6fu
— Marcus Johnson (@_MarcusJohnson_) January 20, 2019
Jimmy Buffett sounded like a random dude from the stands. Then did a mic drop.
— Zack Gibney (@ZaGibney) January 20, 2019
I love Jimmy Buffett but that was just a little rough. But that mic drop though ??❤️
— Amy Leigh ☽ (@amyleigh831) January 20, 2019
The “Cheeseburger in Paradise” singer thanked the Saints in tweet featuring a video of the moment, and called it a “great honor” to have been invited to sing.
????
wonderful honor – thank you @saints @nfl pic.twitter.com/8NBXwBySwn— Jimmy Buffett (@jimmybuffett) January 20, 2019
yeah it is an honor and the mic drop moment got me shaking my head. you lost a fan. just disrespectful
— David Stone (@stonecoldmadman) January 20, 2019
Earlier in the day, he had shared a photo of his rehearsal on Instagram, and captioned the post with the lyrics to the national anthem.
Many Twitter users questioned Buffett’s off-tone rendition of the national anthem, making it clear they were not too impressed.
Was kinda hoping Jimmy Buffett would just break off mid-verse of the national anthem and give us a little “fins to the left, fins to the right”
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) January 20, 2019
Couldn’t have been any worse.
— Chuck Monan aka The Pigskin Preacher (@monan_chuck) January 20, 2019
Jimmy Buffett sounds like I do when I sing in the shower.
— Mark R. Lindquist (@markrlindquist) January 20, 2019
I lost All Respect for Jimmy, won’t visit any of his places ever again! He sounded terrible but he purposely dropped the mic just as bad as kneeling and that’s y he did it! He constantly bad mouths the Pres that was the finger to the Pres! Screw Jimmy!
— Michelle Goulder (@MichelleGoulde1) January 21, 2019
He should’ve dropped the mic before he started singing.
— Chuck Monan aka The Pigskin Preacher (@monan_chuck) January 20, 2019
I’m a huge lifelong fan, but that rendition was not great, and certainly not worthy of a mic drop – and honestly nobody singing the anthem should do a mic drop, even if they sang it on key.
— Craig Rosenshein (@craigr216) January 21, 2019
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