H.E.R. to perform American National Anthem at Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony
Paris is handing over the Olympic reins to Los Angeles, and Grammy-winning musician H.E.R. will perform on Sunday to celebrate.
H.E.R. has been tapped to perform the American National Anthem during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, as confirmed by People. The Grammy-winning performer will sing the anthem at the Stade de France on Sunday, Aug. 11, as part of the handover from Paris to Los Angeles, which will host the summer games in 2028.
H.E.R. has won an Oscar, Emmy and Grammy awards thus far during her career. The 27-year-old from California won the Grammy for song of the year in 2021 for her protest anthem “I Can’t Breathe.”
That same year, she won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Fight for You” from the Judas and the Black Messiah soundtrack. The singer-songwriter also wrote on the Netflix animated series We the People, which won her an award at the Children’s and Family Emmys.
During last night’s NBC coverage of the games, special correspondent and Olympics lover Snoop Dogg dropped a big hint on-air when mentioning he’d love to see H.E.R. perform the anthem.
H.E.R. is expected to join French bands Phoenix and Air at the ceremony.
The Closing Ceremony will be from 9 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. local Paris time (3 p.m. ET). It will air live on NBC and Peacock and again in primetime at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Los Angeles will host the Olympics for the third time since the 1984 and 1932 Olympic games. It will be the first time the city will host the Paralympics.