Rita Ora has lashed back after she faced criticism for lip-syncing at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in New York yesterday.
A technical glitch caused the singer to start shortly after the song had already begun. A fan caught the moment on camera.
Check out the video below:
However, it turns out she has a completely valid reason for this and with the support of John Legend, she set the record straight.
Taking to Twitter John wrote, "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."
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) 22 November 2018
Rita then retweeted the comment and captioned her tweet, "It’s annoying for us but anyway! All my shows are 100 percent live always have been!"
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) 22 November 2018
Rita then garnered the support of a number of fans.
"We all know that Rita Ora can sing! Don’t be so quick to judge!"
Exactly!! You got that right! You know this girl doesn’t lip sync it’s not my world! Now let me go find some turkey!! https://t.co/GmC5TCMBSx
— Rita Ora (@RitaOra) 22 November 2018
While Macy's took to Twitter to apologise for the technical glitch.
"Several recording artists experienced technical difficulties that negatively impacted their performance."
Thank you and I appreciate the honesty and I hope everyone still had a great time! ❤️ https://t.co/uKgO8mt9dw
— Rita Ora (@RitaOra) 22 November 2018
A number of singers performed at the event. We've put together a list of some of the performers below;
Ashley Tisdale
John Legend
Leona Lewis
Brynn Cartelli
Tegan Marie
Ally Brooke
Lip sync or no lip sync, it looked like an incredible show!
