Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about ... why the National Anthem, a song most of us have known since we were little children, is so hard to sing.

Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner" started as a poem, called “The Defence of Fort McHenry.” It was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 during the War of 1812.

The 33-year-old singer returned to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" during a recent Colorado ... In an Instagram post about the new song, she reflected on how she was taught "that 'failure ...