JP Saxe singing the National Anthem (Photo via Twitter)

Game 3 of the World Series should’ve been about the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays, but before things got going, there was already controversy.

Toronto singer-songwriter JP Saxe has been getting slammed online for changing lyrics to the anthem before Game 3.

The Grammy-nominated Toronto singer-songwriter had a rough outing as fans roasted his voice and his decision to change some of the lyrics to the 145-year-old anthem.

Instead of singing the traditional lyric “Our home and native land,” Saxe swapped it for “Our home on native land.”

“The current state of Canada. A woke joke,” one fan wrote while showing the performance.

“Not to be a d–k, that’s one of the worst anthem performances I’ve ever heard 🇨🇦,” another fan added.

“When did the Canadian national anthem become ‘our home on native land’? This is brutal. Boycott JP Saxe,” a third fan wrote of his decision to sing it differently before the Blue Jays-Dodgers game.

“Land acknowledgement communism has made its way to the Blue Jays game at the World Series. During the singing of the national anthem, the lyrics were changed. ‘Our home AND native land’ was changed to: ‘Our home ON native land.’ It’s all intentional. They aren’t letting up. Oh, Canada!” a fourth fan commented.

“I can’t speak for others, but if I were given the honour and responsibility of singing Canada’s national anthem at the #WorldSeries, I would stick to the official lyrics and not use my platform to advance some personal ideology. Oh, and I’d sing it in tune, too,” one final fan said.

A singer deciding to change lyrics is not uncommon inside Dodger Stadium.

Vanessa Hernández, also known as Nezza, was told by a Dodgers employee to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in English before she decided to do it in Spanish.

Blue Jays And Dodgers Played Two Games In One Night

Oct 27, 2025; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (22) celebrates with teammates after first baseman Freddie Freeman (5) hit a walk off home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the eighteenth inning during game three of the 2025 MLB World Series at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images
In a dramatic World Series moment, Freddie Freeman ended a ridiculous six-hour, 39-minute, 18-inning Game 3 with a walk-off homer.

That victory gave the Los Angeles Dodgers a 2-1 series lead over the Toronto Blue Jays.

The game had everything, from Justin Bieber giving a Shohei Ohtani a thumbs down on his home run to fans thinking the series was fixed after home plate umpire Mark Wegner made a late call that got Bo Bichette picked off.

Game 3 featured 19 pitchers and concluded with Freeman hitting Brendon Little’s pitch over the center field fence.

“I just missed one, I think it was like 22 innings ago…” Freeman said after the game.

Mere hours later, and both teams are back on the field for Game 4.