UPSIDE DOWN

Pop Star Slams Lip-Syncing Accusations After Awkward Mic Moment

“Cuz apparently I don’t sing in my shows :),” the singer captioned a TikTok video of her singing.

Pop star Tate McRae is fighting back after fans accused her of lip-syncing thanks to a viral video highlighting an on-stage microphone malfunction at her Austin, Texas, show. After wrapping up a dance break on her Little Miss Possessive tour on Oct. 31, McRae brought the microphone to her lips and began singing her song “2 Hands,” however, the microphone was upside down. The “Sports Car” singer, 22, quickly realized the mistake and fixed the microphone’s position; however, a track of the song played even when the singer was singing into the bottom of the microphone. The incident caused some fans on X to claim that McRae was lip-syncing: “Tate McRae caught lipsync (sic) during her show. Many fans are question (sic) if she ever sang live since the beginning of her career.” Others came to the pop star’s defense, arguing that the track heard in the viral video was just a backing track: “When she flips the mic around, you can hear her voice. It’s just that a backing track is there. Not lipsyncing.” Four days after the incident, McRae posted a TikTok of her singing “Purple Lace Bra,” captioning the video “Cuz apparently I don’t sing in my shows :)”.