Rita Ora found herself as one of the Thanksgiving Day trending topics on Thursday (Nov. 22). The “Your Song” singer, unfortunately, had a lip-syncing mishap while performing on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
During her performance of “Let You Love Me,” the songbird’s mouth didn’t quite line up with the words. While Twitter was quick to cry lip-syncing, John Legend came out to defend the British musician.
“Fun fact. We all have to lip sync on this parade because the floats don’t have the capacity to handle the sound requirements for a live performance,” Legend wrote in response to a tweet in which both he and Ora were tagged when discussing that musicians lip-sync. “Hope y’all enjoyed it anyway. Know that if you come to my shows, the vocals are 100% live!”
Ora responded by thanking Legend and also noting that she, too, sings live during her shows.
“Fun fact @johnlegend thank you for clarifying what I was about to also tweet,” she wrote. “It’s annoying for us but anyway! All my shows are 100 percent live always have been! When you come to a ORA show get ready! Back to holidays! Have a good one guys! 🙂 X”
Just in case it wasn’t obvious enough that the lip sync during the #macysthanksgivingdayparade here’s @RitaOra to show you pic.twitter.com/3wli4taeOK
— Frankee (@pennygotkakes) November 22, 2018
Fun fact. We all have to lip sync on this parade because the floats don’t have the capacity to handle the sound requirements for a live performance. Hope y’all enjoyed it anyway. Know that if you come to my shows, the vocals are 100% live! https://t.co/C2bGj63AF6
— John Legend (@johnlegend) November 22, 2018
Fun fact @johnlegend thank you for clarifying what I was about to also tweet. It’s annoying for us but anyway! All my shows are 100 percent live always have been! When you come to a ORA show get ready! Back to holidays! Have a good one guys! 🙂 X https://t.co/pO5hnnQgvg
— Rita Ora (@RitaOra) November 22, 2018
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