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Originally Posted by cutieismylife

i don't understand why lipsyncing is thought of as being such a horrible thing. she chooses to lipsync them or sing over a loud backing track for a reason: she doesn't feel she can perform the song well enough not to lipsync it. her voice is a lot deeper now and EnergizE would probably sound really bad if she was doing all of that and singing, probably sounding really deep and out of breath.

in rollin' her voice is already deep so it was easier for her to sing in that lower register. i'm on the fence about Sparkle, some parts sound live and not so much. it sounds good though and several members have said that was the worst vocal performance, so it will probably sound good in the TV broadcast.

Exactly. Ayu chooses to lipsynch for a variety of reasons. We should really be grateful she doesn't lipsynch / sing with a backtrack for the entirety of the concert. With EnergizE and a couple of other songs, she dances a bit more, and because Ayu isn't a natural born dancer, it's harder for her to try to dance AND sing well at the same time, so that's probably why she uses a backtrack (or lipsynchs) during those songs.

I think she uses a backtrack during Sparkle - with backtracks, the audio is quieter, so you can hear the person when they actually sing, and that's the case with Sparkle (with the clips, anyway; I can't remember how it sounded in concert, except that it was awesome).