Viral National Anthem Sung Passionately by 8 Year Old

There's nothing like a super confident performer (kid performers especially), and even more so if there's a bit of room for improvement in the act. An 8-year-old girl sang the national anthem at the Indiana Pacers game this week so proudly, and with such zeal that it is definitely making the rounds on social media. Normally a pretty somber couple of minutes in sports, but wow. Decked out head to toe in American flag stars and stripes and sparkles, she took her time and added in as many notes as she pleased. Someone instilled quite a bit of confidence in this young girl. She gets up there and reeeeally goes for it. Mariah Carey-esque extra notes galore, not quite on key but sung so confidently that you question whether it's actually perfect and you're just wrong. This kid is going somewhere.

According to TMZ, the little girl's name is Kinsley Murray, and this is not her first rodeo. She's performed the national anthem at other games before and even sang "O Canada" at the game prior to singing the American national anthem. In the video of the performance posted to TikTok by the Pacers, they caption it, "the passion. the outfit. this anthem performance was unmatched." So very true.

I don't know how the players kept it together. I really don't. Credit to the camera person who managed to show only people honoring the national anthem and not even cracking a smile. There HAD to be people in the crowd losing it. I can't watch the video without at least a chuckle. Good for her.

~ Kristen