Watch Aretha Franklin’s Soulful Version Of US National Anthem

The music icon showed that at 74-years-old she still has what it takes with her own unique rendition of the song. Her performance is being praised by practically everyone in the U.S. media and on social media. Billboard describes her singing of the anthem as a “rapturous performance” and the Detroit Free Press newspaper has hailed it as “quite the unique version”.
Here’s the full performance, which clocks in at over 4 minutes.