In defense of Fergie's National Anthem: What if her performance was actually good?

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"When offered anything that dares to be different, social media actively worked to uphold orthodoxy," Jesse David Fox says in defending Fergie. "Experimentation in general is a good thing, and it can be an exceptional thing when it happens in such a public forum. Fergie’s performance was not a failure of conception or execution, but expectation. Because even if her rendition wasn’t perfect, the reaction to it definitely will dissuade the next artist with a strange idea to try it on national television."