After Singing ‘Star Spangled Banner’ in Spanish at Dodgers Game in Spite of Being Warned Not To, Nezza Tearfully Says: ‘Today, Out of All Days… I Needed to Do It’

Latin-R&B singer Nezza made a stand at Saturday’s Los Angeles Dodgers game, singing “The Star Spangled Banner” in Spanish, even though she said she had been warned not to, going into the performance. A video posted by the singer on TikTok shows a Dodgers rep telling her the performance will need to be in English — cutting right to footage of the end of her National Anthem en espanol, which appears to be enthusiastically received in the ballpark.

Nezza’s original TikTok post about her Spanish-language rendering, which had more than 4 million views as of Sunday afternoon, was captioned: “Watch the Dodgers tell me I can’t sing the Spanish ‘Star Spangled Banner that Roosevelt literally commissioned in 1945… So I did it anyway.”

It includes a shot of the singer, who was wearing a Dominican Republic jersey, smiling before a friendly-sounding rep informs her, “We are gonna do the song in English today. I’m not sure if that wasn’t relayed.” Nezza’s smile immediately evaporates upon hearing this, and the video cuts off before registering any verbal reply.

In a subsequent, tearful TikTok post on Saturday night, Nezza said, “Safe to say I’m never allowed in that stadium ever again.” On Sunday, though, the Dodgers suggested to the Los Angeles Times that there were no hard feelings, telling a reporter on background that “there were no consequences from the club regarding the performance and that Nezza would be welcome back at the stadium in the future.”