Dua Lipa has addressed false claims she mimed her Glastonbury 2024 headline set.
The British pop star was the primary headliner of this yr’s competition, impressing the group along with her Pyramid Stage set on Friday evening (Friday 28 June) at Worthy Farm, at some point earlier than Coldplay graced the stage for his or her record-breaking fifth headline set to a 100,000-strong crowd.
Nonetheless, as Dua Lipa carried out her songs, together with “Coaching Season”, “New Guidelines” and “Levitating”, many viewers watching her set from their sofas at house accused the singer of miming her vocals.
Dua Lipa was requested about this backstage at Glastonbury whereas having fun with downtime along with her boyfriend, the actor Callum Turner. After a MailOnline reporter requested her in regards to the claims, the singer replied: “I don’t mime.”
It appears the rationale that individuals imagine Dua Lipa wasn’t singing stay is because of a lip-sync delay, which occurred throughout BBC’s broadcast of the efficiency on some providers.
Viewers urged the BBC to “kind the sound out”, and mentioned that switching from BBC on Sky to Freeview fastened the problem, with one individual writing: “The Dua Lipa miming accusations will not be helped by the printed. BBC on Sky seems to have lip-sync points. Simply switched again to Freeview and that’s gone.”
Dua Lipa’s efficiency, which The Unbiased hailed as “greater than mere pop spectacle” adopted an acclaimed, but overcrowded, Sugababes set in addition to performances from an eclectic lineup together with Olivia Dean, Paul Heaton and LCD Soundsystem.
Dua Lipa was supported by her followers after dealing with false accusations of miming.
One individual wrote on X/Twitter: “No Dua Lipa shouldn’t be miming. Majority of the principle vocal elements are fairly clearly stay. She’s smashing it and everybody on stage appear like they’re having the time of their lives.”
In the meantime, one other added: “It p***es me off that profitable feminine musicians all the time get accused of miming. Taking place to Dua Lipa tonight, occurred to Lorde, occurred to Billie Eilish. It’s bulls***. Some folks simply actually are that rattling good.”
The BBC declined to remark.
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