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September 25, 2018

Seven-Year-Old Nails National Anthem So Hard That Even Zlatan Is Impressed [Video]

History is littered with examples of singers bungling the national anthem, but you won't be adding Malea Emma's name to that list. Quite the opposite, actually.

Damn, Malea Emma has some serious pipes on her.

History is littered with examples of singers bungling the national anthem (I can think of a few South Africans who lost some sleep), and every so often we see someone ruin the Star-Spangled Banner.

Take Fergie, for example, or perhaps the president of the United States of America.

Well, they could learn a thing or two from Malea, who stunned the Los Angeles crowd with her rendition of the anthem before the LA Galaxy’s 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders.

She was so impressive that even Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave the nod of approval.

If you’re pressed for time, things really step up a notch around the 55-second mark:

Fresh off scoring his 500th career goal with a superb strike, the Swede also tweeted his approval:

And posed for this photo:

The youngster is currently lapping up the limelight on her Twitter feed, and fair play to her.

[source:time]