Gaga/Rihanna do not prerecord at all on any of their tours in the last 5 years. Unsure about other artists but I'm sure many are the same, it's a matter of principle.
You really think these artists are singing their ENTIRE two hour sets live, and doing ~100 shows on each tour if not more?
Gaga pre-records.
Rihanna pre-records, as well.
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Originally posted by Sunshine.
kii. no
It's not that cut and dry. It's more like she pre-records parts of the performance.
Which is the definition of "pre-recorded vocals".....
It's hard to tell when she uses them because she will pre record some parts of the performance and other parts sing live, and her voice always sounds the same because she's a consistent vocalist
there are songs that she always lips and songs that she always sings live. For example on the tour, Countdown is always lipped and 1+1 is always live
Beyonce pre-records so well that it's hard to tell when she's doing it. For example, we only know about the whole inauguration lipsync because it was leaked by an insider.
But see, even that "lip-sync" moment was live. There was just also a prerecorded track playing.
Yeah, Beyonce's pre-recorded vocals are more of a professional courtesy than a crutch like some other artists. So no one really cares cause she provides the full overall experience.
Beyonce's pre-recorded vocals are usually not as noticeable because they don't really sound that much different from her live vocals, Tinashe & Justin Beiber for example are pitchy & breathy live but have their pre-records pitch corrected to death and dance with absolutely no breath making it obvious.
not always. Tinashe usually pulls it off well and many time its live. Tinashe uses backing track mostly. Tinashe biggest problem is she can be inconsistent. Most of Tinashe performance are usually live anyway.
Which is the definition of "pre-recorded vocals".....
No, I was mostly agreeing with you. Except for the second part about the Formation intro being lipped. It's never that simple. She won't just lip an entire portion of the song and never perform it live on tour. She'll switch it up based on how she's feeling.
She is an extremely talented lipper. I wouldn't even know that she lipped DrIL at the grammys and at the inauguration if nobody told me. However sometimes you have to use your common sense when watching these performances. If she's jumping up and down, and bopping her head, and ROLLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR and her voice doesn't change, it's clearly not live, she's not a robot.
But at the same time, Beyonce knows this and in the Lemonade VMAs even her prerecords had shaky vocals. Although it didn't fool me because her vocals weren't even shaking in sync with the choreo.
I never realized she pre recorded so often. Idk why she does it... It seems like it would be harder to have to focus on lipping at exactly the right time than it would be to just sing live
Of course. I thought everyone knew she precord her performance. She does it as a way to preserve her voice and energy. She can pull it off because she is very consistent and usually use a combination of live vocal and prerecord. The main reason she can pull it off is her consistency.
I never realized she pre recorded so often. Idk why she does it... It seems like it would be harder to have to focus on lipping at exactly the right time than it would be to just sing live
It's to preserve vocals and also to make people think she's perfect.
Any smart performer lipsynchs. You can't do 2,000 tour performances, 500 promo stops, record 15 albums and still have a voice by 40 if you always sing live. And the girls who do sing live get bashed for losing their voices early (Mariah, Whitney, Aretha, Julie Andrews to a lesser extent). Beyonce's just doing what's best for her.
She is an extremely talented lipper. I wouldn't even know that she lipped DrIL at the grammys and at the inauguration if nobody told me. However sometimes you have to use your common sense when watching these performances. If she's jumping up and down, and bopping her head, and ROLLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR and her voice doesn't change, it's clearly not live, she's not a robot.
But at the same time, Beyonce knows this and in the Lemonade VMAs even her prerecords had shaky vocals. Although it didn't fool me because her vocals weren't even shaking in sync with the choreo.
Yikes. I don't think that's how that works. ddd
Her vocals can be shaky in other parts of the songs for a variety of reasons including just trying to hit the notes while trying to breath. I don't think her voice being shaky outside of the choreo segments really says anything. lol
She is an extremely talented lipper. I wouldn't even know that she lipped DrIL at the grammys and at the inauguration if nobody told me. However sometimes you have to use your common sense when watching these performances. If she's jumping up and down, and bopping her head, and ROLLING AROUND ON THE FLOOR and her voice doesn't change, it's clearly not live, she's not a robot.
But at the same time, Beyonce knows this and in the Lemonade VMAs even her prerecords had shaky vocals. Although it didn't fool me because her vocals weren't even shaking in sync with the choreo.
Beyoncé is is the best at this. She will have sections that are ,oddly pre recorded but usually has a live section so that you don't question the entire performance. Michael Jackson taught her.
You really think these artists are singing their ENTIRE two hour sets live, and doing ~100 shows on each tour if not more?
Gaga pre-records.
Rihanna pre-records, as well.
Which is the definition of "pre-recorded vocals".....
Not to mention rehearsals. That would be a lot of work on one singer's voice.
I guess what separates Beyoncé from a lot of the other pop girls is that most of her award show performances rely on pre-recorded vocals. She lip syncs so well though and pre-recorded vocals are obviously a lot more believable than the studio vocals, which is why it's so hard to tell. At the end of the day though, she does intense choreo and she's already proven she can kill it live.
I can tell every time she holds the mic so close to her lips like she did @ the VMAs lol. She definitely lip syncs a lot. Doesn't mean she doesn't have a good voice though.