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Brandi Carlile will be among the artists performing before the start of Super Bowl LX on Sunday between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
Carlile is one of the artists who has openly spoken out against President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies since his first term. He will join Bad Bunny and Green Day as anti-Trump critics at Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California.
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From left to right; Charlie Puth, Coco Jones and Brandi Carlile, who will perform the national anthem, “Lift Every Voice” and “America the Beautiful,” respectively, speak during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in San Francisco before the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
The singer will perform “America the Beautiful” before the game begins. She suggested in an interview with Variety on Friday that she will enter the performance with her “own moral code” in mind, adding that the performance was important to her as a member of the LGBT community.
“And I have my own moral code, my own moral imperative, that I have to respond to at the end of the day, as a wife and mother, and I believe in my ability and responsibility to do this, and that’s why I’m here,” she told the magazine. “And the undercurrent of being queer and being a representative of a marginalized community and being put on America’s biggest stage to recognize the tense, tender hope that this country is built on, it’s something you don’t say no to. You do it.”
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Brandi Carlile, left, and Don Lemon arrive at the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Super Bowl LX artists Bad Bunny and Green Day have criticized US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and their operations against illegal immigrants in the US.
Variety said in its interview with Carlile that the song “America the Beautiful” can be heard in a different way in “quieter times.” “But even without hearing every verse that was written, there may be something in it that, in times of trouble and division, will move people who are really attuned to it. You’re feeling it.”
Carlile responded, “Yes. And I think if we’re going to save this country as a people, we have to remember on some level that deep down we love it.”
Despite the criticism he may hear from his own fans, Carlile said he wasn’t going to get into arguments about why he was singing the patriotic song.
“…I’m not going to waste time fighting in the pits,” Carlile said. “My activism won’t be in the comments section. And, you know, I may not be everyone’s kind of activist, but like I said, I have my own moral imperative that I have to go to sleep with at night.”
Brandi Carlile arrives at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 1, 2026 in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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Super Bowl LX will begin at 6:30 pm ET.
