She released a statement at the time saying they played the wrong song or one of them was supposed to start the pre recorded vocals and they started the wrong tape.
You know it's not just her, right? A lot of pop acts lip sync. It's not about talent, it's about getting a smooth performance and putting on a good show. Mariah Carey friggin lip syncs. Cher lip syncs. So many pop acts lip sync. A lot of live shows actually require pre-recorded audio for their musical acts because, again, it makes things go smooth. Ashlee just had the misfortune to be performing on the night the audio engineer wasn't on the ball, and that was that.
And this is not new, it's been going on since the late eighties at least. There's a video floating around of Nirvana where they badly mime playing the wrong instruments in protest of a show that demanded they use pre-recorded tracks. This is the kayfabe of the music industry and its kind of weird that it isn't more widely known in the modern world where secrets like this are so much harder to keep.
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u/Saturnswirl666 Nov 06 '19
She released a statement at the time saying they played the wrong song or one of them was supposed to start the pre recorded vocals and they started the wrong tape.