It seems like audiences just don’t get Dan Deacon.
The popular Baltimore-based composer and electronic musician, known for his strangely interactive live shows, recently performed his own autotuned version of the U.S. National Anthem at an Orioles game and plenty of fans nationwide were not feeling it.
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Deacon, who releases music under his own name (most recently his fifth album Mystic Familiar in 2020) and works as a film composer with big-name directors like Francis Ford Coppola, has long confused the masses with his musical stylings.
“I think the Orioles have officially hit rock bottom,” says a viral tweet that started the whole controversy from an angry Orioles fan. Currently, after two years of making the playoffs, the Orioles sit last in their division with a record of 43-52. They are the only team in the division to lose more than half of their games.
“You can literally see people thinking ‘what the f— is this,’” one reply said.
“Francis Scott Key is turning over in his grave,” another said.
It seems some Twitter/X users, however, are pointing out how their fellow Orioles fans don’t know ball.
“It’s so awesome that like 20 years have passed since this performance and Dan Deacon is still showing up in random places with no context making people go “what the hell is this,”” one tweet read, with a video example of some of his early work.
“its kinda sad how little people want to engage with their city’s culture. dan deacon is critically acclaimed, insanely successful and has always repped Baltimore… The rejection of anything vibrant or interesting is so depressing,” another tweet read.
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