Noted Saints fan (now we know) and singer Jimmy Buffet sang the National Anthem prior to Sunday’s NFC Championship game in New Orleans. Following his performance the 72-year-old held out his right arm and dropped the mic on America.
When Jimmy Buffet dropped the mic after the national anthem he was symbolizing that patriotism is just an elaborate performance used to encourage self policing in a capitalistic society
— Kyle Mooney Should Be Beto on SNL (@HenryJohnston19) January 20, 2019
What did the mic drop mean? I’m sure there were plenty of hot takes as to why he dropped the mic, but we’re simply going with, he crushed the anthem and wanted us to know, that he knew he crushed it.
This is how legends are made.