BadMonster96 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Unfortunately, Rihanna’s impressive rendition of “Umbrella” didn’t stop critics from raining on her parade: Many accused the pop star of miming the words along to pre-recorded songs instead of performing them live. “Amazing how Rihanna is able to keep singing even when she puts the mic aside and doesn’t move her lips at all,” snarked one viewer of her alleged reverse karaoke. “Too bad Rihanna is lip-syncing,” lamented another along with footage of her cover of Kanye West’s “All Of The Lights,” in which her lips and lyrics seem to sync about as well as a kungfu movie dub. “You know I love you but that’s the worst lips sync ever. OMG,” barbed another detractor, while one wrote, “Lip-syncing at the Super Bowl should not be allowed.” https://nypost.com/2023/02/13/rihanna-accused-of-lip-syncing-at-super-bowl-halftime-show/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfillusion Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 The fact she THOUGHT she had enough star power and performance skills to do the entire 13 minutes solo No wonder she heavily relied on lip syncing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 The disaster continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew4815 Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schnetzka Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Based on other performances throughout the years, I'm pretty sure a significant portion of Super Bowl performers lip sync and a few perform live like Gaga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avantpop Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 If anything she should've lipsynced more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anye Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 I love her but this performance was lazy af. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Guilty on all counts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLIONAIRE✘BOY Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadiamendell Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, schnetzka said: Based on other performances throughout the years, I'm pretty sure a significant portion of Super Bowl performers lip sync and a few perform live like Gaga. This. I'm not going to criticize Rihanna for lipping when our fave lipped to ALBUM vocals in 2003 and got exposed when a fan grabbed her arm. There are plenty of other reasons to criticize this performance. Edited February 13, 2023 by nadiamendell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donquizote Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venice B Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Most halftime performers lipsync and people should stop pretending they all sing live. I think Gaga was one of the only exceptions to the rule. That being said, most halftime performers also do a good job on selling the illusion they're singing live. Rihanna didn't even try, she was done with it halfway through the performance and couldn't give two shits anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyonceist Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 The way ORHs keep winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Next Day Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Madonna lipped her entire Super Bowl set, so I'm not in the position to drag, especially when a pregnancy can affect your voice very hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CovalentBondage Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 9 minutes ago, Beyonceist said: The way ORHs keep winning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 8 minutes ago, Beyonceist said: The way ORHs keep winning It always pays off to be a hater of the girls who lack, well, talent. In this case we hit the jackpot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnlyManInTheWorld Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 The way she was just not giving a single **** during the performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUA LIPA Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 i mean she recorded some great pre-recorded vocals, beautiful pre-recorded vocals but she really missed so many cues especially towards the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CottageHore Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 God those critics are miserable boomers and y’all in this thread sound exactly the same. Get a hobby, y’all. Devoting this much energy to hating on a stranger is a mental illness. Go get help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beyonceist Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 11 minutes ago, Icarus said: It always pays off to be a hater of the girls who lack, well, talent. In this case we hit the jackpot Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oktober Knight Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Just about everybody lip synchs the HTS but she didn't even try to hide it with constantly moving her mic away while album vocals were still being heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 The problem isn’t that she lip synced the problem is she did it badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanjm Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 I feel so bad for the Rihanna stans. Imagine your fav coming back on the biggest stage just to be received like this As a fan it’s hard enough to see. I just hope she doesn’t use this as an excuse to continue her album drought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Into The Void Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 was Diamonds lipped it was the only one that sounded live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenMachine Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 They're not wrong Anyways, as Lana said 'f*** the NY post' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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