Baltimore musician and electronic composer Dan Deacon opened the Baltimore Orioles’ home game against the New York Mets on 10 July with an unorthodox take on “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Using a vocoder setup and layered harmonies, Deacon began with lightly autotuned vocals before building the anthem into an increasingly dense, haunting arrangement that climaxed with an emphatic growl on the lyric’s signature “O.” Spectators at Camden Yards reacted with a mix of surprise and curiosity to the electronic reinterpretation, which contrasted sharply with the traditional solo-voice renditions typically heard at Major League Baseball games. Deacon, a 20-year Baltimore resident known for experimental projects ranging from solo albums to film soundtracks, had not previously performed the national anthem at a professional sporting event.