Rita Ora and John Legend have spoken out about their “annoying” lip-syncing at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The pair were criticised for mouthing the lyrics to their songs while performing live on floats during the parade in New York City on Thursday (November 22).
But Legend has now jumped to their defence, explaining that they didn’t have the option to sing live, even if they wanted to.
He wrote on Twitter: “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!”
‘Girls’ star Ora later quote-tweeted Legend, thanking him for clearing things up.
She added: “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!”
Singer-actress Simonna also came to Ora’s defence, writing: “We all know that Rita Ora can sing! Don’t be so quick to judge! Idk, but it’s possible that tv streaming was late or she was getting different playback or that the sound she was hearing in her headphone was different from what we heard.”
Macy’s even apologised for the performances, saying that the artists experienced ‘technical difficulties’.
The apology read: “During today’s NBC broadcast of the #MacysParade several recording artists experienced technical difficulties that negatively impacted their performance. We apologize and want fans to know these issues were out of the artists’ control.”
Earlier this year, Rita Ora paid an emotional tribute to the late Avicii during her Radio 1’s Biggest Weekend set.
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