Pink's Super Bowl performance didn't go exactly as planned. She smashed it anyway.

Performing the national anthem at the Super Bowl is a musician’s dream and singer Pink finally got to realise it today.

And while you wouldn’t be able to tell from her breathtaking performance, it didn’t exactly pan out the way she had always imagined it.

“Trying to practice the flu away. I’ve been waiting to sing this song since 1991 when I saw my idol, Whitney Houston, own this song. And now, my chance has finally come,” the singer wrote on Instagram yesterday.

“And it just so happens that this chance comes when I have two small Petri dish kids who literally cough INTO MY MOUTH and rub their snot on my cheek. You can’t write this stuff I swear! And here we are. I’ve arrived at another one of my dreams which is slowly becoming a sort of nightmare.”

Trying to practice the flu away. I’ve been waiting to sing this song since 1991 when I saw my idol, Whitney Houston, own this song. And now, my chance has finally come. And it just so happens that this chance comes when I have two small Petri dish kids who literally cough INTO MY MOUTH and rub their snot on my cheek. You can’t write this stuff I swear! And here we are. I’ve arrived at another one of my dreams which is slowly becoming a sort of nightmare. I will tell you, this is one of the biggest honors of my life, singing this song in front of my family, my military family, my dad and brother and step mama and family and the world. And the EAGLES!?!?! I promise I will do my best, as I always do. As far as the gremlins that got me into this mess, you can cough at me for the rest of your lives. If it’s a contest, babies, you win. #spreadthelove #spreadthegerms #pleasegivememyvoiceback #ificansingimgonnakillit

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But not even illness could stop Pink from delivering a phenomenal performance that gave those watching goosebumps.

.@Pink‘s performance of the national anthem was FLAWLESS! #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/KLtyk6HKrn

— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) February 4, 2018

Hand clap to @PINK for her performing through with the flu. She still got it. #SuperBowlSunday

— Sarah Williams (@NerdyAndNatural) February 4, 2018

You go girl! @Pink killed it as always! Beautiful #SuperBowl52

— Jenn Vallejos (@qtjen34) February 4, 2018

Pink has the flu and still did absolutely amazing.

— Dominique (@domstapel) February 4, 2018

Far as I’m concerned @Pink just won #SuperBowl52 !!!!❤????❤????

— Lexi (@LexiMichelle93) February 4, 2018

So much respect for @pink who can belt out the National Anthem like that with the flu.????#Go2BedNow #welldone

— Karen Chenoweth (@kc712) February 4, 2018

The singer described performing at the Super Bowl as one of the “biggest honours of [her] life”.

“Singing this song in front of my family, my military family, my dad and brother and step mama and family and the world. And the EAGLES!?!?! I promise I will do my best, as I always do,” she continued in her Instagram post.

Pink performs the national anthem at Super Bowl LII between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles. pic.twitter.com/pCNxAhVXWb

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) February 4, 2018

“As far as the gremlins that got me into this mess, you can cough at me for the rest of your lives. If it’s a contest, babies, you win. #spreadthelove #spreadthegerms #pleasegivememyvoiceback #ificansingimgonnakillit”

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