First of all, I’m a big stan of the group so please don’t come at me and label me a hater. I love my girls. They’re incredibly gorgeous and charismatic, and I genuinely adore them. I’m actually seeing them live for the first time on their tour next month too. But if there’s one thing that really bothers me, it’s the lack of live singing at concerts and festivals… I really value live singing at concerts
These two incidents were going viral online, and I had to check for myself whether they were actually true or just something antis were making up. The two performances in question were their PUREFLOW concert in Incheon and their recent Summer Sonic stage.
After looking into them myself, I have to say that it does seem obvious that they were using prerecorded vocals in those viral clips. It’s clearly not a regular backtrack because the vocal track sounds nothing like the studio version of the song. It actually sounds like a live recording, and during the performances there’s no overlap between their actual voices and the track that’s playing in the back which made it more obvious when they made the mistakes. It’s basically just the prerecorded vocals playing on their own.
You can watch the full Sonder performance, but the moment that stands out happens around 1:44. Kkura forgets to sing her part while she’s lying on Chaewon’s lap, and Chaewon quickly taps her shoulder. Kkura then picks up her mic and starts singing again, but even then, there’s no audible overlap between her voice and the track. It’s just the prerecorded vocal continuing uninterrupted.
Then there’s their recent Summer Sonic performance of Spaghetti. Chaewon accidentally drops her mic a little too early at around 1:10, but the prerecorded vocal keeps going. This one is even more obvious because they actually left in all the imperfections from the recording. It’s breathy and slightly flat in some places. You can hear it especially clearly during Zuha’s part right before.
I know there can sometimes be latency issues with recordings and things like that, so I made sure to check multiple fancams from the same performances before coming to any conclusion. There were also a few other stages that looked suspicious to me where the track wasn’t a regular backtrack and their volumes were identical all throughout the songs, but I’m only including the examples where the prerecorded vocals were verifiable.
And I’m not saying they lipsynced the entire set either! There were definitely performances where they were singing along with a normal backtrack though they were a bit loud. I just find the use of prerecorded vocals specifically to be really disappointing, especially when they’re performing at concerts and festivals. I honestly just wish they’d stop using them altogether…
I really hope this gets addressed by the time they begin their overseas tour 🙏
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