Damn, Malea Emma has some serious pipes on her.

History is littered with examples of singers bungling the national anthem (I can think of a few South Africans who lost some sleep), and every so often we see someone ruin the Star-Spangled Banner.

Take Fergie, for example, or perhaps the president of the United States of America.

Well, they could learn a thing or two from Malea, who stunned the Los Angeles crowd with her rendition of the anthem before the LA Galaxy’s 3-0 win over Seattle Sounders.

She was so impressive that even Zlatan Ibrahimovic gave the nod of approval.

If you’re pressed for time, things really step up a notch around the 55-second mark:

Fresh off scoring his 500th career goal with a superb strike, the Swede also tweeted his approval:

And posed for this photo:

The youngster is currently lapping up the limelight on her Twitter feed, and fair play to her.

[source:time]