Jay-Z (Allegedly) Approved Charlie Puth's Audition Tape for Super Bowl National Anthem

Rolling Stone

In order to land the national anthem gig at the Super Bowl, Charlie Puth allegedly taped a vocal audition that made its way to Jay-Z and eventually NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: "It's the hardest song ever written."

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00:00I have to go, oh say can you see in the rocket red glare?

00:06It's the hardest song ever written.

00:08And for some reason like Whitney was brought into the conversation and it's like oh now you have to you

00:12know match the Whitney use.

00:14I think the reason why they brought that up.

00:15Because New Jersey right?

00:16Because of New Jersey and she's from Newark and I would be the second person a New Jersey native.

00:23But I can't ever touch what Whitney did that's the best one ever done.

00:27And I just want to show people that I can do it.

00:30I feel like people don't really think of me as like a standalone vocalist at times.

00:34Like I'm going to this is going to be really good.

00:36And did you make sure when they offered it to you did you sit down and be like okay let's

00:41make sure I can sing this well before I agree to this?

00:43Or did you kind of.

00:44I actually have always wanted to do this and I recorded a little demo just me singing with the Rhodes.

00:53And sent it to Roc Nation sent it to Jay Brown or I guess I've told this I don't know

00:59if it's true but he played it for Jay-Z and Jay-Z loved it and I hope that's correct.

01:04And it got to Goodell and they all said that I could do it.

01:10Goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and

01:10goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and

01:10goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell and goodell

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