i think lip syncing is only really “bad” when they blatantly lie about it

I'm not against lip synching when the female artists are doing a hard choreo or have an illness that difficult their breath But male artists need to step up their game

It's annoying to me that most male artist have the audacity to lip sync their plain performances. We should really acknowledge how female artists (group or soloists) put A LOT OF EFFORT to their performances. Imagine singing the same song, in a different outfit, with the different story to tell, different dance break, etc. WOMEN ARE FUCKING AMAZING!! THEY ARE THE INDUSTRY.

Ari & Little Mix lipping a few notes here and there don't bother me AT ALL, everyone knows how capable of vocalists they are, whether you acknowledge it or not lol

Ariana did a full on workout on that stage

I feel like this video needs to be sent to every single person on Stan Twitter.

love the amount of little mix videos in your recent posts. even though they do lipsync from time to time, we all know how insanely talented they are so when they lipsyinc to pre-recorded tracks it doesn´t bother me because I know how much effort and love they put behind every performance and they always bring it, whether it is a full dance routine with great vocals or an acoustic version.

one thing that you didn't mention, but i think its very useful when it comes to knowing if a person is lip syncingits or not its the body language, like you really want me to to believe you're hitting that super high note with a completely straight face, or singing with so much emotion and not even smiling or "looking angry" for example.

There are good excuses for a lot of female artists especially, since they are essentially required to dance as part of their performances

My respect goes for Beyoncé for pulling amazing vocals while giving her all in her dance routines.

Appreciate the itzy here, they have some of the most challenging choreographies for k-pop girl groups but still sing live most of the time while sounding really good

AS a Mixer, I'm not delusional and know that from time to time the girls lip-sync. But if I were to ask myself are they're lip-syncing the performance, I keep my eyes on Jesy. She's the most obvious one to notice when they decide to lip-sync (esp. if it's a handheld mic performance).

Honestly I don’t care if Mariah pre records some of those hard notes, she’s proved enough that she can do them during her prime so if she wants to lip them to protect her delicate vocals during tours I think it’s fine. She has an unpredictable and delicate voice due to nodules

Literally just watched to see if you would acknowledge Demi for never lip syncing and it made me really happy to see that you did! It was amazing hearing those vocals live when I went to see Demi on tour.

Pink is such a Strong vocalist, that she can actually sound incredible while doing all the acrobatics))Absolutely live))This Lady is Living Legend! Also for me Tina Turner is an embodiment of the Ultimate dancer/singer))Just watch her live performances! No lipsinging,not skipping a beat)Old school Power!

I love how Ariana didn't lip-sync Side to Side at VMAs, she rarely lip syncs, and 90% of lip-syncing was 2013-2015, and the older she got the less she did it, and also she lipped Pink Champagne's A5s and Be My Baby's Bb5s which if she sang live would've destroyed her voice, but she managed to sing MOST live, respect tbh.

I always look at the tongue and nostrils. You can look at the underside of the chin to check for the inevitable tension singing creates down there. Also the nostrils will involuntarily flare outwards as the level of airflow changes. Singers can’t fake that. You can just tell it’s actually pretty easy if you are a singer yourself.

before i got into k-pop, I used to look down on pop singers for lip syncing. i primarily listened to American roots music that emphasizes technical virtuosity but also prioritizes communicating emotion over reproducing studio perfection. so i thought that if a singer didn’t have the chops to sing well and mostly in tune live, they were lesser than my faves. learning all the different things that comprise a k-pop stage changed my perspective on the use of lip sync. i’ve come to see that it’s a tool like any other, one that can be used to help preserve the voice and to craft the experience the artist intends the audience to have. of course it can be overused as well even to the detriment of the artist, and many stans will stubbornly continue to insist their faves aren’t lip syncing or even using pitch correction when it’s extremely obvious, lol. but I appreciate your nuanced perspective on the topic. it’s informing how I continue to look at lip sync and production as a whole in the music industry. great videos, i really enjoy your channel!

P!nk is the only artist that I know that still singing live while spinning in the roof

Ultimately, I think it comes down to three things: 1. Can they actually sing? A singer like Beyoncé can get away with lip-syncing because she has proven time and time again that she is a very capable vocalist, so even if she "gets caught", she has plenty of receits to prove she ain't a fraud. 2. Why do they do it? Going back to Beyoncé, I feel like her lipping her inauguation performance is justified, since an unproperly rehearsed and sound-checked performance can be a nightmare, and you can't risk it in such an important occasion. Similarly, occasionally lipping the highest notes of asong when on tour not only seems reasonable, but also logical: even with a great technique, that shit is taxing. You can't be running a marathon everyday for months. 3. Are they good at it? IMO, the most important point. Lip-syncing is also a skill, and you can be good or bad a it, and you can put effort into it or none at all. Bon Jovi had a prime-time, New Year's Eve show in Spain where he pretty clearly lipped (he was still walking toward the microphone when his vocals started). Yet, even after such an embarrasing moment at the very start of the performance, he still gave one hell of a lip-sync. You can easily forget he was lipping because of how great his physical delivery was, and the performance was still super enjoyable.

kpop is hard to tell because the backtracking is so freaking loud.

The fact is even if they aren't lip syncing they have pitch correction while singing no one can physically sing well while dancing or walking its not a bad thing everyone does it its physically impossible not to

As a Normani stan I wish that when mani does heavy choreo in a song at least give us like one live performance of you vocally slaughtering the song instead of just choreo or like do the heavy choreo but like give us some beautiful riffs and runs or something

MAD RESPECT FOR MS. GRANDE FOR ALWAYS SERVING ✨LIVE VOCALS✨

I think the only people who look down on lip-sync or think its cheating or w/e, are people who themselves aren't singers or performers at all and they honestly just don't understand how difficult performing is. Yes, Pink can do it at one-off performances and blow everyone's damn minds, but, not everyone is Pink and even Pink doesn't sing fully live on tour. Fans would be incredibly disappointed if they went to see their fave performer on tour and the performer's voice was utterly fried from months of daily fully live performances. If all singers did their tours 100% live, they'd have to do far fewer live performances too, or they would inevitably end up with no voice at all by the end of the tour. I personally couldn't give less of a shit about whether a singer sounds as good as their studio track when singing live; most don't and it's absurdly unrealistic to expect anyone's live vocals to be as "good" as studio produced vocals. I just wish artists were more transparent and upfront about how much lip sync and pre-recorded tracks are used during live performances so maybe everyone could stop acting like it's a big deal. ALSO I think people seem to forget that even if they are using a vocal track, they did ACTUALLY sing that at some point, they're just not doing it right now.

Some singers who rarely lipsync I can tell include Demi Lovato, Kelly Clarkson and Taylor Swift.

Honestly I like when artists power through their stages and show the rawness of their voice. You have good and bad performances, it's okay. If you know that you can't hit a certain note, you can lower/raise the key or cut it short. I like when artists play with their notes and change it. I tend to notice when my faves lip-sync and it kinda disconnects me from their performance so I end up not watching it all the way through. This is why I love Mamamoo so much, they even intentionally "mess up" or laugh to let fans know they're singing live. They've started including lip-syncing into their performances here and there but generally they prefer live. Same can be said for Dreamcatcher.

when I'm trying to see if a singer is lip syncing or not, I pay attention on their neck, if their larynx move, probably their singing live(sorry for the gramatical mistakes, I'm not fluent in English yet).

Thank you for pointing out how hard it is for singers to project their lower registers when moving. I remember when Dinah and Ally in 5H would struggle with their parts in Work From Home early on bc they were so low and everyone suddenly started swearing they had zero breath control. Somehow Dinah is the one still stuck with this stigma even though she stopped having issues after a few performances whereas Ally just pitched her part up.

Whether people like Miley as a singer or as a person, I'm glad no one will ever call her a lip syncher cause she ALWAYS sings live.

One time itzy said on their vlive that they feel pride in singing live always because fans continue to love them for it

*Singers who lip-sync more than most people think:* Beyonce Celine Dion Lady Gaga *Singers who have don't lip-sync (at least that I know of):* Adele Kelly Clarkson Sohyang Edit: Sara Bareilles? Pink?

when it comes to kpop, the industry itself has made it very difficult for the groups to stop lip syncing. the choreos become harder by day, every comeback that a group has, the choreo gets more difficult than the last, therefore, less singing is to be realistically expected. but that bothers some people because of course a performance is supposed to also include vocals. and now, if groups were to start making easier choreos in order to perform completely live, people will have something negative to say too. i think that’s why encore stages for the group that get music show wins are important, it lets them show the actually pull off the vocals, and also, certain groups upload behind the scenes of when they are recording the songs, for example nct and svt (i have seen other groups but i can’t recall) so, that’s another way to check their actual abilities. in MY opinion (you’re entitled to yours) i don’t mind when idols or anyone really that performs, lip sync, as long as they have proven in some sort of way that they can do it without help.

I liked that little mix was present on this video, and I wanna give a thought to it haha. Little mix did a tour to their second disc "The Salute Tour", this tour was mostly 80% prerecorded vocals, BUUUUUUUUT, i wanted to point that even with pre-recorded vocals it was a really impressive vocal oriented show, like vocals were their main character. They made different arrangements, new harmonies, new sections, note changes, u can really see a really big effort put into giving the audience a full live experience and giving space to showcase their abilities as individuals and as a group. I wanted to talk about this cuz, just like u said, sometimes doing playback to a pre-recorded vocal its really judged and seen as the easy way, but its not the case at all with little mix, its like i can't imagine their fans getting disappointed or upset at the show when they maybe notice that its pre-recorded vocals, cuz it still has that surprising and fresh sound and feeling that u expect to get on live shows and not get something u can hear on Spotify or a CD. So yeah, don't come for my girls!! I know that it wasn't the case with u and ur video but i wanted to take it as a opportunity to correct the people out there hahaha (sorry for my English)

Kpop industry has their own ways to go by it which I think fits the conversation. Instead of lipsync (which not saying that kpop artists don't do at all) they use obvious sounding backing tracks during their dance breaks or sing on top of those tracks and the fans know those parts of the song won't be sung live.

This really helped me understand why it's hard to tell sometimes if an artist is lip syncing. I always look for it during live performances and can tell if it's just straight lip syncing to the track or if they're singing over a backing track but I didn't know about the prerecorded vocals and using them for different parts of the song and then live singing to other parts. I do think lip syncing over the original track is lazy and I would much rather hear bad vocals than a 100% fake performance.

Lip syncing high notes while on touring kinda makes sense I mean perrie has a high note in almost every song of little mix & if they do even 15 shows think abt it she'd have to hit a lot of high notes which will obv damage her vocals

The singing and dancing part is definitely true, one of my favorite artists is tinashe and she’s both an excellent vocalist and hands one of the top 3 best dancers in western pop music (along with teyana taylor and Normani) and she know how to be able to sing well and dance well when performing live. Look at her Conan performance of all hands on deck

This was a great video. A few years ago whilst I was at university studying a music vocals degree I did a whole project based on lip syncing, and it was cool to see some of those points bought up here! But also interesting were some things that weren’t here! Like hiding when lip syncing, or when they don’t actually lip sync a performance but tv shows put the track over the top when it’s broadcast anyway. There is such a taboo around lip sync and like you said, when used in the right way- for important moments, then of course! I only feel an issue when it’s used to sell something that truly isn’t real. Great video.

Omg thank you so much for this. I recently watched Olivia Rodrigo's Good 4 You performance in an award show (I think Grammy's but I'm not sure lol) and she was breathing heavily by the end of the performance. It's so easy to think that she's simply a weak singer compared to other, more experienced vocalists but honestly if I was jumping around as much as she was, my singing quality probably would have been half as great as hers was. Your video validated what I was thinking, and it made me respect Olivia that much more as an artist for daring to sing live (though I wonder if she also executed the same half lip-synced, half-live performance that most singers do or if she went live all the way? I don't have the ear for these types of things unfortunately)

I’m a Mixer and all Mixers and other people know how talented Little Mix are and when they sing their acoustic versions too But I’m just Proud being a Mixer❤️

I don't mind lip syncing if the artists are also dancing. But if they just sit on the chair and still lip sync....

“Singers rarely lip sync to studio versions” I wish my fav was one of them

It was 10 years ago, but Gaga's BTW performance at the Grammys is still one of my fave non-lipped performances by a pop star. She wasn't mentioned here, but I can probably count on one hand all the times I've seen a lipped performance from her.

Omg didn’t expect to find ITZY here! I appreciate so much that they keep singing live. One of the few 4th gen K-pop acts to sing live consistently, despite their crazy choreos

I have so much respect for ITZY being a dance oriented group but singing live more than their peers.

6:56 STAN ITZY they have one of the hardest choreographys in kpop yet they still try to sing live time to time these girls are legendary 😩😌💅

I will always have immense respect for itzy. They are killing it

Morissette is one of those singer who doesnt know how to lipped even if her voice is tired or not in a good shape or even she is Dancing in a hard choreography she never attempt, That was also the reason why i really stan her she is a hardworking artist :)

this is honestly so cool! I never thought about a lot of different things you have mentioned here but it definitely makes sense

Aris GIAW performance actually wasn’t lipped the reason for the audio changes was because she added extra reverb and effects on the mic to give it more of an ethereal vibe to the verses

Also, especially with the pandemic, artists have a good amount of time to make their performance look perfect. If in a performance there are close ups and right after a shot from far away and you can't see any other cameras, or if the singer somehow always manages to be looking at the camera even if it's different angles, that's usually a sign the performance was recorded multiple times and editors picked the best parts to put together, making it not live either. This is especially common in kpop comeback stages, in which artists record their performances multiple times and use pre recorded vocals then in later weeks it's a one-shot with live vocals.

Honestly I’ve never been against lip syncing and I never understood why ppl hate it so much. We already know these artists can sing great, they should be able to lip sync while performing. It’s hardwork to dance and sing at the same time.

I think we can all agree that this is not an area *Mariah* excels in. Sure, she lip-syncs... but for some reason she is quite bad at it. Probably the worst I've seen thus far.

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Great video as usual. You have an amazing ear when distinguishing between pre-recorded vocals, The studio track, As well as singing along to a track.

6: This is why Music Bank is my favourite Korean music show/program to watch artists perform on, because 9/10 they are actually preforming live, which is very refreshing to hear considering the K-pop industry's overuse of pre-recorded vocals.

Loved this!!! You said everything that needed to be said! I swear the amount of times people have said someone is singing live because yOu cAn hEaR tHeiR bReAThs omg. Also periodt for using Itzy and Blackpink, my live singing queens 💕

Pink is just amazing.

I hate how people forget that Katy Perry never lip-syncs and people instead of respecting that, they take advantage of it and call her a bad singer while she was always a great singer, an she imoroved so much she is a vocalist now, she always puts on an energetic show and ofc her vocals can be shaky plus she rarely dodges high notes and she still manages to hit them BUT, there is one time i think she lipped was on NRJ awards when she sang Roar but i heard her live vocals so idk

I like that you said that lip-syncing is a tool that can be used for good or bad.

This is why Itzy needs more recognition

women are INSANE!!!!! absolute legends in this vid, all of them !

Tori Kelly never lip syncs and does all her crazy vocal acrobatics while accompanying herself on guitar. A beast. Edit: People in the replies dense af talking about how she doesn’t dance. No shit. I know she makes it look effortless, but playing an instrument skillfully and singing, ESPECIALLY her style of singing her vocally-demanding songs, is so so difficult and she hardly gets any praise for that. Watch her perform Don’t You Worry Bout A Thing, which she deems her most vocally-challenging song, WHILE playing complicated guitar chords. Most people can’t even sing her rendition as it is, let alone while killing it on guitar. She has performed that song while noticeably sick, and didn’t lipsync either.

Regarding the Itzy performances where you say "you can even hear the sound the outfit makes!" I'm sorry to tell you but kpop artists pre recorded vocals usually include these secondary noises such as accessories blinging and even eventual clapping that might be included the choreography lmao the only real indicator a kpop group is singing live is when the dancing is more toned down than usual

im literally so fucking impressed how good itzy can sound when singing live dancing to one of the hardest kpop choreographies to ever exist. theyre so talented and hard working. so proud of them they amaze me.

I can't imagine your effort analyzing all of this great content as usual.

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Tori Kelly queen of never lipsyncing or dodging low notes 😩🙌 And you know she’s always singing live because every performance of the same song sounds different from the one before with her coming up with different riffs and runs on the spot and messing up lyrics all the time 🤭

Me, a huge Harmonizer, totally unsurprised by 5H being the first example lol

Ok but can we appreciate the fact that Demi never lipsync?? They're a fucking beast

Most singers will lipsync when they have a lot of dancing involved in their performances but will sing live when not moving so much and those saying that Adele never does lipsync remember 99.9 % of the time she doesn't even move 😜

6:07 that was the way hurricane trained for Loco loco. And in the end their vocals were so stable in eurovision

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I think Tinashe usually does live vocals, like you can hear when she struggles with certain notes but she still gives insane performances. You should make a video on her btw bc her vocal ability is great.

The video is great and very informative! Also, what I think should be mentioned more frequently when it comes to lipsync, is that artists can't always choose whether or not they want to lipsyinc during a performance (especially at awardshows etc). It's the organiser. At huge shows where multiple artists are performing it might even be impossible for the organiser to keep track of all microphones and use lipsync instead

I really like your very unbiased and fact-based approach for each of these videos. Maybe you would enjoy making a video about not so well known vocalists? For example Daneliya Tuleshova (she has a ton of covers and performances on talent shows on KZfaq)? I would really fancy hearing your well researched opinion on her, it would be really interesting!! Keep the good stuff up :)

If the choreo is simpler, you hear the breaths and the vocals are a bit shakier, it’s probably live. When they’re doing crazy choreo and someone goes “but you hear breaths!” I just roll my eyes. There’s no actual way. I can understand lip synching when there is complex choreo or if the performer has been touring or needs vocal rest. There is so much pressure on performers, especially female performers.

Thank you for this great video. EVERY ARTIST DOES IT. They have good days and bad, also some venues don’t support live singing also being on tour singing every night WILL affect your voice. Good technique or not.

Artist like little mix who do full on choreography and dance breaks when they perform and have a lot of high notes in their songs. I can understand lip singing especially on tours when ur constantly singing with only short breaks from performances. Or if there on tour and sick. If they were to not lip sing their vocal cords would be severely damaged. Like for example during little mixes LM5 tour jade usual lip singing count is 18 but due to her having a throat infection she couldn't sing a lot of the songs and notes full out. So in order to heal properly and not damage her vocal cords she lip singed. Lip singing isn't a bad thing but if you're going to deny it and lie to your fans then it's a problem also if you just never actually sing live.

Fun Fact: Kelly Clarkson has never lip synced.

that pink performances is SO impressive, like the move at 6:37 STUNNED me... i always knew she was a great vocalist and performer but i've never seen this, she's brilliantly talented :D her music isn't for me but that will never stop me from admiring her skills

I personally don't think ari lipped some of the giaw at the ama's. like she def could have but i think they just added some effects to the mic during pre/chorus

im so so glad you included mariah despite the scary lambily, some of them insist that the fly like a bird performance was 100% live but know nothing about how some of it can be lipsinc, some of it is live which makes it seemed blended

P!nk is really the best performing female artist out there for real, she's amazing

i’m glad you included kpop videos in this too, kpop is getting way too used to prerecorded performances & fans are starting to not tell what live vocals are anymore :(

I love how ITZY can make it into this video as an example of actual live vocals, they along with STAYC and (G)I-DLE are rescuing live vocals in 4th gen gg

well little mix are THE vocalist tho. their acoustics just prove their talent

Aespa are a year into their careers and have barely sang live, I don't get sm's strategy like it's obvious their vocal line is great (even gisele and especially the main dancer karina), if even group's with technically weaker vocalists like itzy consistency sing live i don't get why sm won't have faith in the girlie's, they can't lip forever

I recently got into kpop bc i do dance and their dances are fun to copy. Anyways what i noticed with live preformances, they're rarely lipsynced. Though most of the time theres a back track thats either really high or lower if the singers' voice is really strong. I don't blame them for using one because even though it's doable to sing and dance with their songs if you vocally well trained, doing it for a long time, having a clear preformance vocally and visually and while keeping the audience entertained. This said, I don't care if you use autotune, back tracks or any other stuff during a life preformance AS LONG AS YOU'RE ACTUALLY SINGING. Lipsyncing in a life performance makes you lame lol

Mariah Carey already proved that she a legendary vocalist in the 90s and early 2010s so I don’t even care if she does now.

Leigh-Anne’s Sweet Melody for Little Mix: The Search seems to be live as the “melodies” part is pronounced differently

Right, lipsyncing is a tool, and it's supposed to make the singers give a better performance overall What really annoys me is when someone lipsyncs and also puts 0 effort on the performance or to make it looks a little bit realistic

The way Ariana sounded amazing in every performance even if she delivers a choreography. She's the best singer in Today's music industry

Yash. ITZY and BLACKPINK is the representation of singing-live Kpop Girlgroup. 👍🏻

Love how Queen Céline cleared the air at the end lmao 😭🤣❤

i love how ariana barely lip syncs! also, only the verses in god is a woman vmas performance is lipped and you could have used any other side to side clip from the dangerous woman tour..

I'm so happy that you include ITZY❤️

The highlight of this is Celine's view on lip-synching