Taylor Swift's $2 Billion tour revenue... for miming?

[@bonwatcher]

It's not hate or jealousy, it's just fact that vocal live performances can't be replicated pitch-wise to the millisecond like this unless it's the exact same recorded audio. I hope her fans understand what Fil is saying and she certainly isn't be the first to do it, but she has made the most money from it by far.

[@BrenQ99]

Fans? They are victims of a Con Woman.

[@ianbest7560]

@@BrenQ99​​⁠The young women have Swift, the lesser-educated people have Trump…you’d think they’d get along, with their love of con artists and all.

[@MostlyBuicks]

But WHY is it necessary to replicate the recording in the first place? I want a UNIQUE performance with every concert I have or ever will go to.

[@romirosta1917]

Nah, this video is weird and absurd and I hope Taylor’s team take a legal action of this “miss leading video”! P.S. Why didn’t you show us the acoustic LIVE Performances when it’s just Taylor Swift with her guitar and piano?

[@TheKnight1983]

​@romirosta1917 the software Fil Runs is available to the public. If your interested in truth, run her voice through the analysis software yourself. You might be surprised.

[@chrisl5156]

The most astonishing aspect of this video is to learn that there are actually people who don't think she is miming her performances.

[@Vanessa-ok3ys]

😂

[@CARPETMAN6666]

I'm almost 60 and for most of my life I played drums and sang bands. I knew in the first three seconds of her singing that it had to come out of a studio.

[@clinteastwood14896]

Denial is a hell of a thing.

[@ABlueDahlia]

You see it everywhere, honestly.

[@rogl3W]

Delusional as f, or rather have a very bad set of ears

[@fab208athome]

I saw Kate Bush live in 1979 - there were two songs with a lot of dancing involved. An announcement was made before each song that due to the complexity of the choreography Kate would be miming. Integrity and honesty is long gone in the music biz.

[@mightyV444]

Yes, and I think in one of those two, 'Hammer Horror', she wasn't even miming but just dancing.

[@smoath]

That's fantastic. What an honourable artist. Shame on the liars.

[@dorothyfischer2649]

Thanyou for sharing this. First time I've heard of an artist being this honest & live. Love Kate ❤. Taylor is what it is.

[@Highlandherps]

Yeah, but if you're miming the whole show, you're gonna keep your mouth shut- except when the audio tracks are playing😂

[@workout3D]

If you are a singer and you can't dance and sing simultaneously, then don't dance. What the hell

[@donm3986]

Fil, if you play the track backwards, I think it says "too late, the money is in my account now".

[@Katerina9256]

😂

[@delboy9679]

Made me lol

[@cjcurcio]

LOL!!!!!

[@AremosiuR]

👏😄

[@maleahlock]

😂

[@stever8776]

I saw Cher perform in 2001. She announced that since she had a sore throat, she would he lip syncing! Still loved the show. And appreciated her honesty!

[@PlaceboEffect5150]

I would have walked out and got my money back. But bravo they give you slim to nothing and you are happy. That's hilarious

[@robertellison4889]

I'd lip sync for you for half the cost of a cher ticket. You were grifted.

[@JimEadon]

I'd be angry.

[@makattak88]

Holy sheep. This isn’t something I’d tell the public.

[@harrisdupree3323]

Been an Audio Engineer AND musician for almost 30-years .Definitely the exact same audio. NEVER happens like that in a LIVE performance!

[@_anthex]

But..if she was singing to playback, say 70% to 30% live vocals in the mix, maybe the results would still show something similar right? I thought that was pretty accepted in the pop world these days. Who is really going for the vocal performance? They are going for the spectacle.

[@matthewgardner824]

lol are you kidding me? In the early 90's I worked in EMS backstage for a Cher concert. She was running about an hour late and the entire time they had a GUY dressed up as her on stage lip syncing. The dude looked exactly like her, it was an Italian guy. I saw him before and after her arrival, from makeup to exiting the stage.

[@karlhungus888]

@@matthewgardner824 i wonder if that footage ever found its way online. would be fun to see an italian dude pretending to be cher 😅

[@_anthex]

@@matthewgardner824 Epic 😂

[@Stafford-d8u]

Yeah, you’re right. I’ve been in the studio 1 million times. There’s not even the hint of it being a double tracked vocal. Everything is in sync. Everything is in pitch not one variable.

[@missangiee66]

She's a brand. That's it, that's all.

[@nothing-jl2dz]

Sadly

[@KarenMacDonald-o7g]

A bad brand and on the decline for sure

[@UniqueSundials]

Janis Joplin never did this.

[@KarenMacDonald-o7g]

@ none of the music today is real it’s all electronically generated. I was a teen in the late 60s early 70s best music ever in my opinion

[@claytonbouldin9381]

Beyonce, JLo and Ariana Carpenter all the same...go see a local band who live and die by how much merch they sell at their show.

[@13dma1rz]

Joe Bonamassa just gave an interview where he was blasting miming at concerts. Paraphrasing, he said that the natural imperfections are what make a performance and that nothing is perfect. He works hard to get better all the time, not to be perfect. Humanity informs music and vice versa.

[@yabman1317]

Joe also said in another interview (I'm going from memory here) that he much preferred doing live shows instead of time he has to spend in the studio because he tends to keep trying to get it perfect in the studio, whereas when he plays live he just sends it and its out there forever, warts and all.

[@loribrown9204]

@@13dma1rz but Joe doesn’t move around on a stage the size of a football field

[@13dma1rz]

@@loribrown9204 Might be a little awkward running around with a guitar strapped on. 🙂

[@jesper.ordrup]

​@@loribrown9204true. There's a huge difference between going to a show vs a concert. Hint: If there are dancers on stage it's probably a show

[@mozartsmate6358]

​@@loribrown9204 The difference being Joe Bonamassa is musically talented.....

[@tagoldich]

And the NYT declared her "Bigger than the Beatles" lol

[@asosyalpicimamk]

Unfortunately she's bigger than anybody in her field. Thanks to the internet and social media, and the failure of schools and parents.

[@AmazingDisgrace911]

They also claim to be "journalists" lol.

[@asosyalpicimamk]

@AmazingDisgrace911 There are worse journalism in the world, it could be the amount of silicone in Kylie Jenner's lips.

[@ballhawk387]

Actually very appropriate, since so much of their "news" is fake propaganda

[@firewfire]

😂

[@josephhorswell4839]

Ashley Simpson was canceled into Extinction for lip syncing one performance on SNL. Why is it okay for TS to do it?

[@colinburroughs9871]

people are emotionally invested into one and simply won't accept anything other than "feelings" being the crux of the matter

[@StarBuck-v8k]

@@josephhorswell4839 SNL is LIVE that’s why and she handled it poorly. At a 3.5 hour show you get more than one 2 songs with nothing else. Ashley & Jessica were industry plants who never had any real hits. Taylor has stood the test of time for 20 yrs. They don’t allow industry plants to become more powerful than her own label. Everyone can see she uses a backing track and sings over it during parts of her concerts. They don’t need Fil to show them. The problem I see is several fold, it’s implying she does it throughout her entire show and doesn’t sing at all; people are coming here to use it as a basis to criticize her for everything when he has shown some of the greatest singers in history do this, yet the outrage isn’t there, it seems the comments are skewed and just given people a reason to voice their hate; he has made his point but in 13 days put out 3 Taylor videos which have generated more views than his other videos this entire month combined, therefore he is just like everyone else using her popularity to make money; people are failing to understand her show is several levels, it not just vocal performance it’s an experience. I’ve been to several concerts in my long life, this is an entire patience; it’s well known that heavily produced pop uses this backing tracks with heavily choreo’d pieces, notice his tiny desk is not pinned anywhere I couldn’t find it, showing she’s actually singing live wouldn’t bring the clicks; he isn’t showing parts of her concert that are acoustic and just her. Her concerts are an experience. You don’t have to like the experience, or her, or her songs, but he’s shown she is doing nothing different than some of the greatest vocalists in history & greatest if not the greatest performer in history did it. Yet here people are going after her?

[@jasoncoomer1226]

​@@StarBuck-v8kYou just wrote the encyclopedia in an attempt to defend a pop star. I think ITS YOU that's invested too much in this. *She charges thousands to children to watch her flap her lips....She is a turd* Quit turd simping...

[@billkraemer4710]

Well, the record company thinks it’s okay so…

[@TheGamingHoser]

@@StarBuck-v8k Wasn't his example her singing acoustically and just her? What did you hear him play? If there was any real singing at that concert wouldn't it be during a no-instrument, acapella moment like that?

[@sharmalarm]

I don’t mind if Taylor is miming. Everything about her comes across fake and over-produced to me anyway

[@jimmycampbell78]

exactly, always been fake and pushed by corporate elites

[@mikem.s.1183]

I can separate the two sides of it. She's dark? Yes. Her lyrics are corrupting young minds? Yes. Her behavior as a woman is not acceptable, considering she's touted as a role model? Yes. She's extremely dangerous. As a dancer, she performs quite well. She's not Michael Jackson quality, but she's good. Her performance voice wise? She is praised for her vocals, and just how professional she is. Well, undeniably she isn't performing as she claims, as her propaganda machine claims, as her cultist followers claim. So, on top of all the negative things she represents, she's unprofessional and fooling her audience. That's a one big nail in the coffin thing. If she isn't even performing, why are fans following her? That's the crux.

[@JadonHale]

​@@mikem.s.1183yeah some of these pop artists have insane lyrics for the target audience being kids. Definitely subliminal messaging

[@amraceway]

@@mikem.s.1183 There is an NPR Tiny Desk Concert of her on You Tube if you want to see her perform solo with just her guitar.

[@colecolettecole]

shes just boring ~ her voice is boring nothing special ~ her songs are boring ~ i have listened & not one melody has even stuck in my mind ~ even listened to acoustic tiny desk concerts ~ nothing there ~ boring boring boring ~ she is pretty ~ she likes staging fashion shows ~ pop is just that ~ air fizz nothing ~

[@cloudsephiroth5382]

This guy is single-handedly demolishing the allure of top 'musicians' today. 10/10 work, here.

[@janechapman6448]

@@cloudsephiroth5382 no, hardly.

[@harryhanz1690]

@cloudsephiroth5382 He's doing what?

[@larrywilliams7942]

It's way past time to expose the FAKERS !

[@patientmental875]

Its no secret & only normies think its real at concerts but unfortunately normies are the reason these so called "artists" keep doing it because they are 99% of their fanbase. They also believe they write & produce their own songs

[@m.bird.]

You're being ridiculous.

[@daysleepnightread6905]

Milli Vanilli deserve an official apology from the media.

[@TheSkachaska]

oni mieli producenta niemca, więc za co przepraszać? oni też dobrze śpiewali, ale producent uważał inaczej a potencjał był...

[@gardz3256]

Problem with them is they didn’t ever sing their songs, even the original recordings. They tried a comeback, where they had to learn their own songs.

[@kerinsian8844]

They really don't. Miming to your own vocal is one thing and possibly even necessary in some situations or cases... what they did was mime to someone else's singing. They were a totally fake manufactured act hired for their looks and their looks only. It was a scam.

[@barrywilliamsmb]

They blamed it on the reign

[@daysleepnightread6905]

Should have blamed it on the boogie!

[@catherinewhite8819]

Most memorable was when Queen always left the stage during the operatic section of Bohemian Rhapsody as they couldn’t play it live. They didn’t want to take credit for something they weren’t playing.

[@kimmomatikainen1843]

Nightwish lost their vocalist just before a gig. Backtrack was one of their option, but they said they can't do that. Two singers from another band stepped up and learned the songs as well as they could and sang from papers since they didn't have time to learn the lyrics. After that their second vocalist took over for the next gigs until the singer came back and got new singer soon after that. Not sure which one would have been better, but fans got a show and it was live. I don't really mind backtracks, but I think they should be open about it. Then people can really choose how much it matters. I am pretty sure that those shows would sell out anyway because of the show and atmosphere. Integrity is one of many virtues that are disappearing.

[@pjmuck]

I always hated when Queen did that. I would have preferred they had a choir do the parts instead, but I imagine that would have been costly to bring a choir on tour. But I've seen other bands use choirs on tour, hiring local choirs in the cities they're in.

[@darlahays2471]

Exactly. And a fun fact, the harmony at the beginning of the song, recorded was all his voice.

[@MistyRoseRocks]

Yesss! Exactly!

[@MistyRoseRocks]

​@@pjmuckIf I remember correctly, they would change costumes during it.

[@m1ke176]

Making kids pay $800-$1000 for a lip synched concert is the real crime.

[@jackjohnson7396]

Kids they do not care. Many the parents pay.

[@DanielLiebert-i1p]

I saw Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions - legendary R&B groups for $2 a ticket in the late 1960's. They crowded their backup and trio onto a small movie theater stage and it was MAGIC. I doubt if all of them, including the band got $1,000 AND they paid their own travel.

[@FOH3663]

​@@DanielLiebert-i1p Wow, synchronicity! Would've loved to see that. I saw Curtis Mayfield in ~'93 in Negril Jamaica ... at the small resort in which we stayed.

[@DanielLiebert-i1p]

@@FOH3663 This was after his group fame but before his solo 'Superfly' fame. Later at a show a heavy piece of equipment fell on him and was paralyzed and soon died forgotten.

[@serenityinside1]

@@DanielLiebert-i1pThafs an awful tragedy 😯

[@BeckVMH]

Wow! She’s better than we dreamed! Perfectly synchronized at four separate performances! She’s incred…. oh, wait.😮

[@heather6668]

LOL Yeah amazing NOT.

[@simduino]

She's also perfectly synchronized with her wallet... audience paying big bucks for big deceit, isn't there a word for that? ste**ing....

[@carstenhorn5075]

Many Swifties certainly believe that

[@ericede]

Not to mention the way her pitch snaps perfectly to every note line! Such a virtuoso!

[@charmainechan2801]

k-pop is even more extreme

[@user-uj8dh7gf4g]

Honestly, swifties really do not care. Sad, but true.

[@alana2830]

Swifties are sad but true

[@makattak88]

Liberal voters be like this.

[@SillySatire]

Great work dude.👍

[@ronnyskaar3737]

Great, Fil. You should do this with an artist that is NOT miming, so we can see what diffences you should expect from live performances.

[@singingway]

Yes!

[@marymissmary]

Yes please!

[@cindi1313]

Check out Fil's Glastonbury video from July, comparing Cyndi Lauper and Dua Lipa's performances there.

[@Kevvinm]

Good point

[@kimdawcatgirl]

Rush has many different performances on their tours on youtube. They never mime.

[@reneeleegreco1603]

I grew up with 70's music and watched bands perform on various shows. The performances were so dynamic yet simple. The talent was unmatched

[@shorttimer874]

Tho I remember all the TV shows where the guitars were not plugged in...

[@timadair9950]

Yes I agree, I started going to gigs in the 70's. Think we were fortunate to be young at possibly the best time for enjoying live music, and music generally.

[@suzanneflowers2230]

Yes

[@jfwhatahwhat7408]

How do we know if there isn't back masking on that audio file that say's "lets all love satan" to millions of fans?

[@bintheredonethat]

I worked for one of the biggest promoters in the country, late 70s through the 80s, and worked many hundreds of shows. Many acts multiple times like the Stones, Who, Dead, Journey, U2 and while those all sounded great there was no way they could be immaculately consistent every time. The performances were unadulterated and therefore not absolutely perfect but they sure where an expression of pure talent. Nothing else needed. The fans knew what they were hearing and loved it.

[@Nickmacpaddywhack]

There used to be a time when an artist's career would be totally destroyed if they got caught lip-syncing. And now it's just normal and no one cares.

[@Willrocs]

The general public did but the record companies would rather have a million milli vanilli. Far easier to control every aspect.

[@Jaco3688]

Milli Vanilli were lambasted for doing what many, many artists routinely do now.

[@AnimalTV-fl7xe]

Milli Vanilli were miming to tracks other people had recorded - ie, it wasn't even them in the first place. Which is a bit different.

[@JLE999]

@@AnimalTV-fl7xeit’s a bit different but the same technique was used for Britney and J-Lo who often weren’t even singing on their albums too.

[@adambane1719]

You are INCORRECT Jackooooooooooooo

[@willth3thrill]

Not the same thing at all. Taylor probably performed it live like they do at the Super Bowl and then is miming that live performance so it’s live sounding.

[@thormelsted]

Not even remotely the same. If Taylor Swift was miming tracks performed by an anonymous vocalist and taking credit for those vocals, then that would be an appropriate comparison.

[@deepzepp4176]

One guy in his studio room exposing a billion dollar, money making machine. Love it.

[@jessiem276]

Exactly 💯

[@ikmor]

We are all in this. Fil is NOT alone.

[@CalJennings]

Hear, hear!

[@fallingsky1984]

but does it do anthing to the machine.? i duobt most taylor swift fans are going to give a danm about this. 😂

[@themadmattster9647]

yeah this may go viral who knows

[@sevenpaulperalta929]

I remember when Bono would cancel dates due to his voice, but now, modern artists don't even have to sing!

[@RealPackCat]

with Holograms, the do not even have to show up.

[@Michael-u3n5l]

imagine that 2 billion dollar tour and you don't even have to sing

[@-Swamp_Donkey-]

@@Michael-u3n5lthe rapid outfit changes are brutal though

[@ancaprodan3685]

She's true to her marketing: you got exactly what the commercial advertised.

[@larushka1]

When she was accused by Dave Grohl, she said during a performance that “My band plays live for over 3 hours”. She did not say that she sung live. Words matter.

[@jimijam1963]

I doubt her band is even playing live, to be honest.

[@appleish5043]

@@jimijam1963 as long as 2 ppl in her band is doing something, it’s playing live 🙄 that would be enough to cover her track for lawsuits lol 🤦‍♀️

[@vandalsgarage]

@@jimijam1963 Generally, acts like Taylor's utilize backing tracks for both the band and the singer(s). The band very well could be playing along with the backing track, And they can honestly claim to be "playing live", even if that's not what (or all) you're hearing

[@SasquatchLovesMe]

ah, you've got that cult mindset, just like the maga creeps in the US.

[@emmavink]

Except she does sing live at the very least partially on most of her songs. And she has quite a few songs each night that are literally just her and a guitar or her and the piano. Also, the Dave Grohl beef was manufactured AF. There are interviews from not even that long ago where he gushes over her. People need to find other things than successful and talented women to bitch about.

[@Evl_1]

As a singer I can tell you each vocal performance is different. It is effected by Weather, Food Drink, Sleep, and how you feel that day. You never feel the same everyday. It’s always different.

[@yara5502]

True. As a vocal coach for 20 years I agree, and Taylor does sound different every night on The Eras tour too. But 1989 is in her perfect placement of her voice. Anyone who goes to the show or if you have a musical ear can hear the imperfections in her live voice even through the streams. For anyone who doubts go listen to a live stream, you will clearly hear her live voice cracks and off key moments through the whole night. However she is a really good vocalist and sings live 100% of the entire show. That is a fact.

[@helloheyo4ever]

@@yara5502 agreed. Anyone who says differently has never attended an actual performance and is not aware of her set list and performances.

[@owlampersand7993]

Right. Not to mention female hormones every month.

[@michaelnielsen8407]

😳

[@samprakos]

@@helloheyo4ever @yara5502 So you're saying this analysis isn't conclusive proof of her lip syncing? She's so absolutely perfect in every performance irregardless of weather, temp, mood, etc? Really?

[@anotherjoshua]

bands should be legally required to reveal whether or not what fans will be seeing is live or mimed.

[@cjcurcio]

I support that! We as consumers spend a lot of money on these concerts!

[@Drumsticksmcgee]

Paul McCartney has no voice left cause he actually sang live for over 50 years. Kudos Paul.

[@malva-yk2jg]

Should KZbinrs be legally required to tell us when they fail to mention that from the 46 songs set, some are fully live, some are fully mimed and most fall somewhere in between? Isn't that misleading? You now believe she never sings live.

[@nymsmacgregor7232]

I have no problems with the lead singer syncing, but back up vocals and music must be live and not Memorex. They have to say so, though.

[@johnd7564]

@@malva-yk2jg I now believe, based on this video, that a single Taylor Swift vocal was used four times, including three live shows. I have no opinion on whether she ever sings live, but I won't believe any assertion she NEVER mimes. I also don't hate Taylor Swift. My daughters love her. Unless she literally lies to the audience - which neither Fil nor I assert - I have no bone to pick. I love music. And I am a MAJOR fan of Taylor Swift's business acumen!!!

[@knowname7289]

swifties will argue that "she's just that good"...

[@Skkyyyyyyyyyyy]

Swifties are a special kind of stupid

[@VandaPietrantonio]

NO WAY.

[@Blaze-v6f]

They are in a brainwashed cult called The New World Order or the democrat party.

[@cuppycakey5013]

Oh they are, they’re in complete denial. It’s amusing though. 😅

[@trevorodell5564]

It's not even about "good," though. No human is that precise and intractable in their performance. I've seen analyses of some amazing performances where they nailed the timing and pitch to an unbelievable degree, and the waveforms still looked nothing alike. There is no natural way these should line up the same. One is a lightning-strikes-twice kind of situation. Four is more like pick-this-specific-atom-at-random-out-of-all-the-observable-universe kind of odds.

[@williamweiss6128]

It's rampant. Not just pop. Miss the loud, real, imperfect, human, creative, spontaneous, concerts. All the bands played the same way back in the day.

[@musicnutzunite]

That's why I'm SO EXCITED to be seeing IRON MAIDEN November 16th. I got my ticket ALMOST A YEAR AGO. Maiden is 100% legit live. It's astounding that Bruce Dickinson is in his mid-60s and I believe he's the youngest member. They put on a SPECTACULAR live show-warts and all. That's REAL music there folks. 🤘

[@StarBuck-v8k]

@@musicnutzunite saw them 3 yrs ago in Denver. Really nice. The shows are different of course.

[@Emmys2436]

It feels like how on social media people blur out every pore or wrinkle, brighten teeth, slim, etc etc. Believe it or not, I a fan of humans. I want to enjoy real human beauty, real moments. Not these freaky aliens or AI 😂 Erasing the humanity is raaaaampant!!

[@samwight4709]

​@@Emmys2436 agree 100%

[@jessicamedina9005]

THE CURE ALWAYS PLAYS LIVE!

[@ElsonFernando78]

1000 dollar tickets. That should be illegal

[@Strepite]

Anyone who pays 1k for a concert ticket deserve to be ripped off...

[@vernonharden]

That's the price on secondary market I believe. There are groups who swoop in and buy all of the tickets they can. Which with online sales there's no way to really stop it, not when the resellers can use bots to buy up the bulk.

[@neoczy3249]

That's illegal....and that's call stealing

[@LiClan]

@@neoczy3249I think Andrew Tate was recommending his followers do that for a reliable hustle so there’s lots of people that do that

[@StarBuck-v8k]

That’s not her prices.

[@adambelmont9660]

My friend's wife got mad at me for callig Taylor Swift incredibly average.

[@biancanagy3342]

Tell your friend I said you were right 😂 ( she is average) and over rated to .

[@whoooami2090]

I’d say she’s below average. Goes to show many stars were created and not really talented.

[@b_740]

Witchcraft hijacks peoples emotions, so it makes a lot of sense they react those ways.

[@marissavallejo503]

Actually you were being generous…your friend’s wife is a dingbat

[@Aceley27]

@@b_740 I've been thinking the same thing. Her and beyonce… and both blow up in the same way with the same crazy fans that seem to think these women are goddesses and can do no wrong. It’s super weird!!! Its idol worship pure and simple and to become an idol, Taylor Swift has to be participating!

[@nettie607]

My adult daughter told me once that I was naive expecting anyone in concert to actually be singing. She insisted that no one could dance like that and still sing. Broadway performers do that 8 shows a week, and (fingers crossed!) none of them are lip syncing. Of course, she also refused to believe that I could hear auto-tune/pitch-correction. I feel very old.

[@VikingAwayFromHome]

Phantom of the opera actually has a part that's lipped 🤷

[@Fedorevsky]

Indeed, in fact I can't not hear autotune even if I try, lol

[@Veeger]

Get her to watch Queen at Live Aid. No miming, no pitch correction, just performance. Puts modern artists to shame.

[@carr0760]

​@@VikingAwayFromHome I was just going to say this, But it is well known in the industry, and it is the exception, not the rule. 99.99% of those performances are completely live and always part of my response to people who say that you can't expect a concert to have live singing when they are also dancing. Unfortunately, the practice of pitch correcting studio recordings has made its way into the musical theatre world, and it's devastating.

[@richardcoffey3125]

Wait till A.I. does all the singing and they use dancing poodles instead of the artist.

[@MykeLewisMusic]

I was a stagehand for one of her shows back in '10/'11, the tour with the water wall. The entire show, minus the backing band, was fake. They had this taiko "drum battle" between Taylor and some redhead and the keyboard player was triggering the drum sounds every time they pretended to hit the drum. We had a good laugh about it.

[@heysolley]

You should write a book. People would buy it.

[@billkeithchannel]

@@heysolley Tommy James had to wait until that mob boss died before he could release his tell-all book.

[@EltonoutoftheclosetOfficial]

I had the great pleasure of catching the ABBA hologram show at their arena in London earlier this year. I can tell you that the backing band does not play live to a click, but simply mimes. Now, my wife (who is not a musician) was moved to tears by the show, and couldn't fault it. So I guess it's each to their own. 😊

[@marknewellmusic]

​@@EltonoutoftheclosetOfficial Ignorance is bliss - once you know how the cake is made, it's never the same since then...

[@RationalEgoism]

If that's your real name, I hope you don't get sued for violating an NDA or something.

[@Emslander]

It’s hard enough to believe that this woman draws these audiences. That she does so by miming makes this phenomenon an atrocity.

[@queenofnevers6990]

I don't understand the obsession with her. She's so mediocre.

[@cherylfarmer6086]

@@queenofnevers6990 Totally agree, average to below average singer, her songs are all the same and sophomoric, she's ok looking not beautiful, I share your puzzlement with regard to her popularity.

[@kathyhilliard1500]

O​@@cherylfarmer6086

[@ma3stro681]

@@queenofnevers6990She’s absolutely garbage. A perfect manufactured star for these NPC times, that have now ended with the magnificent election of President Trump … 🎉

[@JaneBoss-k9r]

An atrocity is war crimes, a sexual predator who walks free a xenophobe and a destroyer of womens rights Maga

[@thislightful]

I am a singer/musician. I agree with you 100% here. No two audio files ever sound exactly the same to where you can overlap them on top of each other unless it’s the exact same audio file. In cases like this for super fans, I would suggest that you show an example perhaps someone who is singing the same lyric and two different cities so that the viewer can hear how similar it sounds, but also see how unsimilar it really is in the data.

[@MyAvitech]

Lads, remember to pour one out for Fil. Fil was a brave man. He poked the most powerful of Dragons. Her name, Swifties. Let us remember him well.

[@hmm3484]

I made the mistake of infuriating K-pop fans one time. I don’t even remember why - it was something trivial and not even any kind of actual dis But wow. They were really mad! Wishing you the best, Fil!😂

[@knownote]

He needs to make a statement that he is happy and not suicidal 😂

[@Mina-12128]

🔥yeah cause when he only analyzed 30 seconds of an obviously lip synching part its confirmation bias. She sings live on so many other parts, but he doesn't speak a word of that. Fil can go on his world tour and sing live for 3.5 hours straight, 3 days a week as a soloist, just to prove the boys on youtube wrong....and then deal with permanently damaged vocal chords because that's literally not humanly possible🔥

[@knownote]

@@Mina-12128 ahh the swifties are swift to the defense

[@hazzewazeen]

@@Mina-12128It IS indeed possible to sing for 3,5 hours straight no breaks. I just did it yesterday. But I didn’t change any clothes on stage though😃. Proper vocal technique and a fit body no problems. And to do it night after night, just get your sleep and drink water.

[@thundernels]

Fil is fearless in his most recent videos.

[@alejmora]

My first reaction, do not poke that bear ...

[@jessiem276]

​@@alejmoraWhy not? The truth needed to be told.

[@ginnyvogel7754]

I love Fil pushing the envelope!

[@vls3771]

Fil will need body guards soon 😅millions of 13 year olds gathering around his house 😅😅😅

[@lynnbaron11]

I’m worried that somebody is going to try to sue Fil. He’s going up against some powerful people.

[@maxblair3317]

Commenting for the algorithm. This need to blow up.

[@slojinPA]

NOBODY is going to her show expecting to experience pitch-perfect, flawless vocals. Few people will be surprised by this.

[@RaineStudio]

@@slojinPA I rather think they ARE. Because they have become so accustomed to artificially tuned singing.

[@kennyg1358]

Why would anyone care?

[@vinylrescueband2126]

Keep it up Phil! You're doing a great service to music!

[@leinie6683]

Remember when Milli Vanilli ended because they were caught lip syncing ? What the hell has happened to consumer expectations i this world ?

[@carriesolomonmusic]

I think they literally didn’t even sing on the record though? I still hear your point though but a little different

[@thalamay]

Milli Vanilli were also not singing the songs they were lip synching to. But then again, with all the autotuning going on, Taylor Swift isn't singing her own songs either. The times, they are a changing.

[@Krista2882]

For them it was slightly different because not only were they miming, but the guys "singing" (miming) in concert weren't even the real guys who recorded the song.

[@bjarnyg]

you can't compare, cause milli vanilli didn't even sing on their records. they didn't sing, period. imagine the uproar if it was revealed that taylor swift did the same thing, that she had someone else to sing for her.

[@janechapman6448]

@@leinie6683 hardly a comparison

[@chevyvandweller2706]

Taylor Grift???

[@mdnorman0001]

I subscribed for one reason alone: the opening disclaimer. What balls this man has. Good for you sir; good for you.

[@helloheyo4ever]

@@mdnorman0001 it doesn’t take balls to make something up for clicks bait

[@lucakat9262]

​@helloheyo4ever I honestly don't think he's doing this for clicks. If you research a lot of singers nowadays, they are all doing pre recorded vocals. Cyndi Lauper still does live vocals but Dua Lipa is doing pre-recorded vocals. It's become the norm for most artists. The industry is pushing this not the artists. So I'm not saying it is their fault but still. It's a shame it's happening at all. But, Taylor fans can't take it if you say anything the least bit negative about her.

[@helloheyo4ever]

@ actually we can take it when it’s true but when it isn’t true we know it and it shows that those disparaging her are doing it to ride her famous coat tails - disparaging her gets him the clicks from all those haters that hate her for absolutely no reason and they love this kind of bullshhh because it feeds their fire to hate her because of her success - those of us that have followed Taylor from the beginning knows her integrity and talent and showmanship and we’re very confident if Taylor says she’s singing 🎵 she’s singing ;)

[@lucakat9262]

@@helloheyo4ever yes, I'm well aware of the parasocial relationship that Swifties have with their favorite artist. Even though it's not real. But also, I'm not trying to say Swift is a bad person per se. I honestly believe it's the industry and perhaps some of her own perfectionism that has her doing this. After all, since she's the big singing sensation at the moment, I'm sure she doesn't want to disappoint her audience. And yes, sure, she has made some mild mistakes during performances and yes, she is able to laugh them off with a crowd. But when it come to an entire 3 hour show, it would be very difficult to replicate that kind of singing every single night. But, whatever you want to believe. I believe in free speech so each to their own. But I really don't feel like he is trying to belittle your favorite artist.😖

[@jimmy56100]

​@helloheyo4ever Clearly you can't take it. That was a lot of denial

[@JesusTheTruth1]

i knew this! thanks for proving it

[@kamorant]

Rush played 2 hour and 45 minute shows into their late 60s. Geddy Lee played bass, keyboards, bass pedals and sung. Sometimes all at the same time....and with zero pitch correction.

[@SeasonedAngel1]

Sir Paul McCartney, at age 82 is still playing 3 hour concerts! Although Sir Paul's band does take a break, not Sir Paul. He never leaves stage. He plays bass, several guitars (electric & accoustic), mandolin, & keyboards. Sir Paul also sings & tells stories, some are humorous. At present, he is appearing in South America.

[@keithdavis7595]

That's because Rush has talent and Taylor does not.

[@dougellis8904]

@@SeasonedAngel1 But Paul's voice is gone.

[@Saxafruge]

Geddy sounds pretty bad live, to be honest

[@rebeccatalotta9628]

And many drugs😂

[@connie7128]

I'm Gen X. Grew up on rock concerts where we held up real lighters and nobody had a camera or a damn phone recording themselves to post on social media. I saw them all in person, from Metallica to Elton John, and never once were people pretending to sing. The flaws in their instruments or voices were glorious, because it was all them. I would be nothing but flipping angry if I went to some silly concert today. It would be boring to me. I am grateful to have come up when I did.

[@thetokyorake]

Ironically, without those phones, Fil wouldn't be able to do his great work! LOL But I totally agree with you!

[@BigBri550]

I don't know if "boring" is even the word for it. I would say "numbing." It's sensory masturbation: dazzling lights, expensive stage sets, dancers, wardrobe changes, loud, incessant booming of basic beats. It's like Vegas on the road. And I hate Las Vegas, btw.

[@jdhlsc169]

Best generation of music, 70s & 80s!

[@sharonsocoloski5485]

I totally agree! I'm 68yrs old. I've seen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Journey, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie and many more in my years. Never have their been any auto tune or lip syncing. Yes, we too used "real lighters" as opposed to phone flashlights.

[@Broughton_Main]

As someone earlier said, those were a different kind of show. The singer may have climbed on a stack but he wasn't singing at that particular moment. Also some shows like Alice Cooper, are highly theatrical but the actions of the singer are timed and he isn't singing while moving a lot. Some movement is obviously okay but just keep in mind, the more action there is, the less singing there would be at that moment.

[@TruthSurge]

wow, I thought you were going to compare all those shows in SEQUENTIAL ORDER. I was listening to the audio thinking okay, that's the first show AND it's clearly autotuned. That maj 3rd is exactly the same pitch EVERY time she hits it.... then when you stopped the vocals.... only then it hit me.... he's playing ALL FOUR SHOWS SIMULTANEOUSLY. wow. it sounds like ONE vocal, not four different vocals layered over each other. If it was live, you'd get this huge vocal quadrupling effect but no, a singular pitch is coming through. That's all the proof one needs. Next...

[@chaos.corner]

The only problem is, if you mix nearly identical recordings, you're likely to get weird phasing and beat effects.

[@francoisbouvier7861]

Who is actually playing live? Are there artists/performers playing/singing?

[@loribrown9204]

@@TruthSurge it proves that Taylor utilized auto correct when it’s needed! She doesn’t use it without exception

[@TruthSurge]

@@chaos.corner "The only problem is, if you mix nearly identical recordings, you're likely to get weird phasing and beat effects." only if the phase IS shifted and if you have 4 DIGITAL recordings playing, then the timing is going to be EXACT because guess how the recordings of the shows were made. Digitally. So, the 4 voices will stay in sync and all you need to do is start them on time and again, if it were 4 different live vocals, you would have a CHORUS effect or doubling effect going on. There is not one going on here. Nor is there a cancelling from phase shift because they are not phase shifted. You could do that but that's another test.

[@TruthSurge]

@@loribrown9204 it actually proved she mimed to the same prerecorded vocal on at least 4 different shows. That is a separate issue from autotune.

[@NunyaByness]

We went and saw Lindsey Sterling. Not only was she dancing and playing the fiddle, she was singing live. What a show! A true performer.

[@arkieologist]

Yes, exactly. Incredible talent! 👏🏻

[@shariherman34]

Whatever happened to singers just singing? Why do they all feel like they need to be dancers too? You buy their music because you like it. You listen to the radio to HEAR them. Why do they think people even give a crap if they dance when its live in concert? Whitney didn't dance around. Celine didnt dance around. Barbra didnt dance around! Its ridiculous! If you want to be a dancer, then dance. If you're a singer, just sing. Concerts dont have to be Broadway extravaganzas. If i wanted a Broadway show I'd go see a Broadway show!

[@nordvegfigg7746]

Singers just singing wouldn't sell in the 2020s.

[@dominiqueprice3304]

The irony of this is Broadway performer still live 8 shows a week whilst doing often far more technically demanding choreography.

[@gorak9000]

@@dominiqueprice3304 And you think Broadway people aren't miming the musical bits too? Get some recordings from a couple of different shows and analyze them - I bet you'd be surprised.

[@gorak9000]

"Whatever happened to singers just singing?" $2BN happened, that's what...

[@philiphumphrey1548]

I've noticed that it's much harder to sing well if you're doing something else (like accompanying yourself on the piano). You only have so much brain capacity and doing two tasks at once (even if they are well learned and almost instinctive) degrades your performance on both. I imagine dancing would badly mess with your breathing.

[@Outrider74]

Story for you from across the pond: my daughter’s college music professor actually worked with Swift some years ago. He remarked that her voice was fsr more “tweaked” than people realized.

[@allisonemry3755]

Musician from Nashville here - this is 100% true. Producer at Omni sound studios said he never had to work so hard in his whole career.😅

[@jeanbean1390]

I thought she wasn't very good since I first heard her sing.

[@mah3223alia]

I have never understood the Taylor Swift thing. Sort of mediocre......?

[@MaxTooney]

This is not a huge surprise. But no one comes close to the tweaking required to make Madonna "listenable".

[@rccyberwarrior2267]

@@mah3223alia She is actually a dude -- now he has full blown satanic rituals on stage & curses gullible fans (elite jenn door inversion).

[@CajunConstitution57]

I'm a boomer that graduated from high school in the late 70's. Back then there was no autotune or other computer generated sounds. We didn't have computers or cellphones. Part of the wonder of music back then, is that when you were at a concert and hear live harmonies you knew, without dought, that it was authentic. Some of the best harmonizing bands from that era are; Three Dog Night, Beach Boys, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Momas and the Popas, Queen, Eagles, ending with Simon and Garfunkel. I could list many more. The problem with the talent now is that you really don't know how talented they are until they sing something unplugged. There is way too much computer aided sound tech out there now. I'll not be surprised if the next great vocalist is an AI singing through a virtual body. If you're GenZ or GenA you really need to listen to live concerts of the bands I listed above. NONE of it is artificial.

[@carolynsanders3185]

I think ABBA should be added, their concerts were live vocals. Too bad they weren’t bigger in the US at that time.

[@uoabigaillevey]

AI is already coming for them.. just watched an AI song of Ozzy Osbourne .. the title was 'I hate AI' the irony of it all was enough for me to give it a listen.. and it was not half bad. Just imagine what it will be like in 5 or 10 years.

[@sandrachristiansen1404]

I remember coming home from concerts thinking, "that wasn't as good as the album"! This is why!

[@kayelle8005]

Unfortunately record companies are going back and remastering and adding this crappy auto tune into things that never needed it. They’ve done it to the bee gees and they’ll do it to Karen carpenter next, if they haven’t already. Keep your vinyl for that authentic human emotion.

[@jdhlsc169]

I said to a friend the other day that next will be AI singing to us and the peeps will lap it up like they do autotune.

[@crxdelsolsir]

I liked the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s singers (all pre 2000s) that actually sang live (without auto tune and Ai) and had the talent to confidently do so with the similar quality to the recorded studio version.

[@Mr.DarcyBW]

I feel that they should have to put up a disclaimer advising that they are lip syncing and why. You are awesome Phil.

[@MotherMantiss]

OOOF, not surprised, but you're gonna hear from her fans - they defend her like a mass of angry chihuahuas.

[@ConstantiaVerted]

I've heard of fans who went to the shows, paying a lot of money of course, and were disappointed because it was obvious to them that she was lipsyncing.

[@Caperhere]

I’m not a fan, but appreciate the role of “ childless cat lady “ she has taken recently, to back Kamala Harris in the current federal US election . I really hope you were not aware of the impact her fame is having on the US saving itself from something less than democracy when you chose to do this video at this time. If unaware of the fight for democracy,perhaps someone asked you to analyse Swift at this time.

[@teijaflink2226]

It should b obvious, she has way too weak voice to specially sing a whole show live. She seems like a very nice lady but I don't understand the crazy and obsessed fans this fairly mediocre singer has.

[@Mattened]

It's sort've a cult

[@KevinHallSurfing]

🤔😆😂😅

[@AlanTov]

The important secondary issue is they chose to pitch correct the studio 'live' performance. That's an additional disgrace.

[@0oDaan12o0]

This is done for a lot (if not most) of live performances. The original audio's cleaned up (a good thing) and then pitch corrected (imho a bad thing). Fil reacted to among others Got Talent live vids (the TV versions) and they all had heavy editing. According to Simon Cowell, that's TV. No grain of integrity left. In my opinion.

[@AlanTov]

​@@0oDaan12o0I agree. Additionally it's very disappointing the artist is happy with pitch correction of their voice. Some lack of respect for the audience as well as inherent insecurity.

[@krollpeter]

That. Plus, she also uses AI to write her lyrics.

[@matthewrichard7187]

@@0oDaan12o0 exactly. Not saying it makes it OK, but I don't recall the last time I watched a "live" production for sale that wasn't completely touched up in post (pitch corrected, parts resung, etc). It's sad, but it's the standard by which artists feel the need to live up. Playing devil's advocate, I truly believe we'd see JUST as much (possibly worse) blowback if the entire Eras Tour was 100% live, and she missed notes, dropped keys ("it doesn't sound like the radio!"), or skipped songs altogether because she's human sometimes you wake up and your voice says "not today!". (II've been a career singer and guitar player for coming up on 30 years. One thing I have learned is with singing, I just have to do my best to care for my voice and work around my human limitations). So it seems to be they are just trying to pander to the majority. The majority public is trained to expect the live concert to sound like what they heard on the radio. That is all but impossible without the heavy backing tracks and assisted live singing in a show that runs 3 1/2 hours, 3 nights in a row. I honestly enjoyed the show, regardless of tha fact I KNEW it wasn't all 100% live vocals.

[@vanessaa7602]

They have to since she can't sing 😂

[@itsGINA11]

Thank you for doing these!

[@WarEagleAtlanta]

Excellent analysis! Your video is being talked about on local radio in Atlanta. Although I've been a subscriber for awhile, hearing it mentioned twice on different stations drove me to drop in.

[@aneyesky]

Her crowds don’t care- but I’m glad it matters to us. Good job Fil

[@tonyolivieri3345]

Her bi-Polar crowd also doesn't seem to care that Taylor Swift suffers from mental health issues seeing that she is a woman in her early 30's who behaves like a 14 years old girl.........................real mentally fucked up stuff!!!

[@gordonause6956]

We don't care, actually. Went to Denver & Seattle. Headed to Toronto and Vancouver next. Love Taylor shows. The vibe is amazing. Pure joy. We get to sing and dance with each other. Wear sparkles and twirl and trade bracelets. Laugh and cry and scream. So cathartic. I'm 65.

[@tonyolivieri3345]

@@gordonause6956 Yikes! Sad to see there are too many people on this Channel who are mentally disturbed!

[@RomiVero]

​@@tonyolivieri3345I agree

[@SteveConkie-t6r]

I watched about 45 minutes of the tour video and I felt really saddened by it because Mr Swift does actually have a bit of talent. If she had been recording in the '70s, she would probably not have been big, but she would have probably met a few people to guide her, maybe spend some time with Joni Mitchell. She might have become a real artist. What she is now, is a Fully Corporatised Disney Property. And her fans don't even know the difference because they have never heard the alternative.

[@williambenson]

Very brave, Fil. I don't think the trigger warning at the beginning of this video is going to protect your channel much. Best of luck 🤣

[@gigglybeast]

This video is just confirming the obvious. I don’t think it’s very brave to do that. Exposing Don Henley was a much better example of something that could be called brave because Don Henley is a sue-happy douche bag.

[@margitwes6495]

Fil needs a bodyguard!

[@musicalneptunian]

@@margitwes6495 That won't be enough. To protect him against the Swifties Hordes he needs...ALL OF US!

[@ev25zv]

@@musicalneptunian Lmao at you drama queens. Yeah, Swifties are going to ask mom for a ride after Girl Scouts to Fil's house so they can pull out their gats and smoke him, lmao.

[@thefirst9500]

He knew it was coming haha. Thankfully he seems to have a thick skin.

[@AndreJoke117]

The funny thing is that the fans can't hear anything because their minds are blind, they go and insult other artists and fans, but they can’t even see right before their eyes that the artist they defend with their lives is scamming them😂😂😂

[@Ken_Dalton]

My man 🤙🏼.. i hate mimers so i appreciate your was work. It's so obvious when you show the sheeple how us musicians know whats up! People payin such high ticket prices deserve better..i can always tell bcoz when artists speak between songs they sound totally different than how they were just "singing" lol.. keep up the good work phil 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼💪🏼

[@Liliana-of7ji]

Not surprised at allllll. Thanks for the confirmation 😆👌🏼

[@rutabega2039]

As the author of a series of software synthesis apps that utilized wavetable synthesis (i.e. synthesis based on digital sampling of real instruments and vocals) I've done quite a lot of detailed analysis of recorded audio. One thing Fil doesn't mention here is that you can often have two digital recordings of something that to the human ear sound absolutely identical, but when viewed at the level of individual samples you can see very pronounced and obvious differences (anybody can see this phenomenon for themselves by comparing an uncompressed digital recording of literally anything with the same recording compressed via a "lossless" algorithm and then uncompressed back to raw digital - no human ear can detect a difference but the samples look visible different). The fact that these recordings of "different" Taylor Swift live performances look absolutely identical (even with just pitch analysis software, not views of the raw samples themselves) is DAMNING. There is a 0% chance this is anything but lip-syncing.

[@telabib]

Go and see her performing " you'd better calm down" in the live lounge, it's really good. Also an even better version ( in my opinion ) is the live concert of august 22nd of 2019, take a look and see if you agree.

[@KarmaKahn]

This is why I love Gaga. She is often out of breath and sometimes miss notes, but at least you know you get a live performance.

[@bartdrennon1764]

Elton John also.

[@Blahblahblahblahblahblahblah1]

She lipped her performance at the Olympics opening ceremony tho.

[@KarmaKahn]

@@Blahblahblahblahblahblahblah1 Incorrect. The act was pre-recorded due to poor weather conditions, but the performance was still recorded with live vocals.

[@mmemarino4916]

I have seen Lady Gaga perform live and in person and she has also lip-sync at least some of her performance - I think they all do it!

[@Skaarxiong1]

the only real live singing these days are, Vince Neil and Corey Feldman.

[@davidstevens7119]

This was known years ago. A youtuber had recordings of the isolated vocal feeds for several pop stars in concert, including Taylor Swift, but also Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, others. None of them were singing live but just choking out some breathless sounds so their lips would sync with the recordings. Ms. Grande actually carried the tune, but the others were just speaking.

[@MusicQ1984]

I shot a few of her shows, shes definitely singing but I believe this is also true, in a failsafe should something go wrong. The amount of shows, the amount of hours, and lack of rest due to media commitments is the strain on the modern popstar. Theres definitely people exploiting it though and barely doing anything, but AG to my knowledge is doing a lot of live Vox

[@cwlim62]

Can tell if Katy Perry is actually live or not - she’s off-key a lot when live!

[@timadair9950]

Great demonstration of what is going on. I make do with small local gigs performed live. Glad I was born in 1960, so the gigs I went to when young were truly live 😁🎸

[@xFolkmore]

Before anyone makes any comment about what I have to say below, I watched the whole video and listened to everything the creator had to say. I was recommended this video because I’m a Swiftie, interested in the technical side of things and the “biz”. There’s no denying that some parts of this show are lip synched, it’s obvious. I’ve watched many clips of many shows and I knew something was going on shortly into the tour because she is on pitch 99% of the time. However, I don’t think she’s lip syncing the whole way through. There’s been instances she’s spoken mid line and the vocal stops. My guess is that amongst the lip synched moments when she’s actually singing it’s still heavily pitch corrected in real time- though there are still (less) moments that she’s slightly off pitch. If you compare it to other tours, it’s still very different. I also don’t think Style was probably the best example to use for this either. I’d be more interested to see an analysis of perhaps surprise acoustic songs she’s played a few times. Also… the show is 3.5 hours long so I would be more surprised if she was singing 3-4 shows in succession fully live for that amount of time. There can be plenty of discussion around why people pay for this and truthfully, I think non-fans will not understand unless they themselves are a fan of something else in the same way. It’s not solely about the live music, it’s about the energy and culture of being there. It’s about lyrics that we resonate with and many many people, particularly young women, grew up with. Her music was there to support us when we needed it. Nostalgia is also a big selling point for millennials and gen z, and The Eras Tour is all about that. As I mentioned, I’m a huge fan of Taylor and am always open to have a critical discussion about her. What I think bothers me about the type of discourse this can create (this is nothing against the creator, I enjoyed the video and felt that it was constructive) is that it can make some people feel like they need to be insufferable and pretentious on both sides of the argument. Let people enjoy what they want to enjoy. The resale, merch and capitalism of it all is a different discussion, but the base discussion of why even see her at all is relatively easy to understand.

[@TheBrown03]

for reallllllll. 1989 is pop perfection, and she’s mastered it. especially when note changes like “take her home” are out there. some parts may be synced, but I think she’s singing for 90% of the show.

[@LostUpstateStudios]

Well said.

[@xFolkmore]

@@TheBrown03 Yeah! I’ve noticed a lot of the high energy moments and choruses are when the potentially synched moments happen, however I don’t think it’s all lip synched as potentially insinuated. I’d definitely be interested to see other parts of the show dissected!

[@PowerScissor]

I think we all know the answer to this before watching...

[@SuziQ.]

I almost didn’t click, because, 1) It’s obvious, and 2) I dig rock, not pop. I don’t think I’m going to watch this, unless I get *really* bored, and need to sleep.

[@teijaflink2226]

I would be more surprised if she didn't, I have always found her voice fairly weak and not that special, it would probably be very difficult for her to sing everything live. I think she should sing live though (at least some songs if she can't manage everything).

[@Ratzfourtyfour]

Yup. It's not music, it's a brand.

[@ralphditchburn1456]

Lawsuit coming

[@ivannovotny4552]

​@@Ratzfourtyfour- Usual

[@tootz1950]

I don't think Swifties even care. They just want to see her live and her show.

[@JR-tr1df]

Agree. It's the show.

[@JustinWillhoit]

They think the value of seeing the show is literally seeing her with your eyes

[@nickmartin812]

Correct

[@JR-tr1df]

@@JustinWillhoit It's a semi-live movie, basically. Combination theater/concert presentation. If it's enough for the given audience, providing the entertainment they [fans] desire then it is quite literally the proper value for their desire I reckon. Not being eh my thing? I guess doesn't make it right or wrong I suppose, it just is. Like liver & onions. Looks & smells great to me, keep trying it, keep wanting to barf it up. Doesn't make it bad, just not right for my personal taste. ymmv etc

[@ryangraham7012]

Her show is nothing more than a ceremony ritual of her doing occult things on stage while the masses get put in trances and most likely possessed….

[@maxsteiner1964]

Iv mention Aurora before. And when she gets really energetic, you can hear she run out of breath. Like the KEXP concert. I love that. She doesn't hide. This is what you get she says.

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

I'm going to see Aurora in a month and I'm so incredibly excited! I've seen Bjork live, and I think Aurora is going to be even more amazing. Aurora is a true singer.

[@maxsteiner1964]

@@GhostlyEcheveria You are in for a treat. She is the most unfake (I dont know if that is a word) human I'v ever met. She is something else that's for sure. I just love her.

[@GhostlyEcheveria]

@@maxsteiner1964 A dear friend of mine was lucky enough to interview Aurora in July at NOS Alive in Portugal. I had him slip Aurora a little note when he met her. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to meet her. One can hope! 😁

[@maxsteiner1964]

@@GhostlyEcheveria I'm only a friend of a friend of her. But I gonna tell you. If you meet her, you gonna melt.

[@hi_jjesse]

Yesss Aurora. Her authenticity is so refreshing. I've seen a lot of her performances from the recent tour here on KZbin and they were all so so good. Now I'm gonna get to see her live next year! Sorry, I'm just so excited!!

[@lakotamom2]

Great video great commentary

[@SecretFriend]

Back in the late 70s I saw Queen on their News of the World US tour. During the semi-accapella section of Bohemian Rhapsody the stage lights went off entirely, and they rolled tape. They didn't mime, they just disappeared entirely. I believe everyone in the crowd understood what was going on. Twenty or thirty seconds later and the lights went back on and they rocked the house. Looking back on it now it seems odd that they did that, but I guess at that time they were not confident they could pull that section off live. At least they didn't pretend they were actually singing, I'll give them credit for that.

[@Lilah1754]

If you watch the BoRap video, you can see that it would be near impossible to do that part during a live concert. Yes, they left the stage and came back to finish the song. No miming or pretending.

[@JohnBoy-Ramone]

It was exactly yhe same at Slane Castle in '86...I borrowed someones' binoculars for a closer look and the only person on stage was an old guy with a Hoover.

[@jhackett9482]

I saw that live too. Great concert, brian soloing with the lazer lights beaming on him. I was amazed.

[@booboo8577]

It's impossible to do because every part was sang by Freddie on the LP. He harmonized with himself. That's why it's tape I bet.

[@BeamRider100]

I saw a documentary about them producing that song, that was their best vocal performances with the producer really squeezing on Roger and Freddy to eek the best out of them over many takes.

[@monitor4208]

She is just great marketing.

[@ryangraham7012]

Not even, she has sold her soul for where’ she’s at! People are just dumb sheep that are told what to like and not and swifts handlers tell The masses to like her and they shove her down people throats 24/7 through media,commercials, radio, movies…. That’s why shes famous not Because she’s talented or a good promoter.

[@dxfifa]

@@ryangraham7012 That is marketing lmao what a joker

[@DudeSilad]

She certainly is. She makes sure she is always in the media. She's a master of the game. I know one of her songs. Yet I know plenty about her love life

[@radar_radar]

@@ariluvrrit’s not conspiring to see through the bs mate that’s all.

[@marthagavey9321]

​​@@dxfifa😕❤he sounds like sour grapes🍇, I'm an old girl and I think she's great🎉🎉!

[@dianer5793]

👏 brilliant analysis! Well done

[@jackb7705]

My understanding is some songs are lip sync and some are live vocals. You’d have to analyse every song to say she lip syncs the whole concerts

[@universalassociates6857]

So we are saying the only live vocals at many modern ‘live’ performances are the voices of the crowd?!

[@gorak9000]

If by "many", you mean "most" or "nearly all", then yes

[@farty81]

No, because plenty of what Taylor was singing was live. The surprise songs are 100% live. She had a track for the set list, which is pretty normal in a production this massive.

[@davidmurphy5647]

that is correct.

[@gorak9000]

@@farty81 from your username, aren't you a little old (and smelly) to be a swifty??

[@3395149634]

​@gorak9000 Plenty of artists still perform live, especially those that aren't A-list pop stars doing stadium tours

[@therrdon1841]

For me, I will never attend another "live concert." I showed this to my wife, who is a huge Taylor Swift fan, and she said that it wasn't a big deal. She said that a record producer she had watched had said everybody did it. I put it down to a sign of the times. Bring back the '70s.

[@loribrown9204]

@@therrdon1841 i applaud your wife’s dismissal of your gotcha moment! Taylor might use auto correct but not continuously throughout from song to song. I’m 65yrs old. Don’t bring back the 70’s. That music still belongs on my playlist. However, I prefer to follow our new songwriters, Taylor included

[@harryhanz1690]

@therrdon1841 You're whining about something that's been done since the 1950s

[@James_k59psn]

⁠@@harryhanz1690your missing the point clearly.

[@roar666]

I bet @P!nk doesn't mime... lots of singers and bands don't mime.... but then quite a few do.

[@chipgaasche4933]

@@loribrown9204 lori, you're musically clueless. It IS a "gotcha moment". taylor twit is a fraud.

[@ArtJourneyUK]

Can open... worms everywhere 😅

[@glasswingbutterfly]

🤣 The visual this evoked in my mind... priceless. Thanks for the laugh!

[@vernonharden]

@@glasswingbutterfly, and those worms turned into a bunch of monkeys.

[@downboys]

Thanks Chandler 😂

[@JoeCruz-hs2yt]

good ! people need to know these artists are faking !

[@gorak9000]

Bag open, cats all over the place

[@Jokerz1982]

Anybody that truly thought she was singing the entire 3 hour concert night after night has no clue how impossible that is.

[@msromike123]

What? How did people do it in the past? The Who don't lip sync, and neither does thousands of other artists. No excuse for her, it's a production choice. But if you are OK with it, then who am I to say you are wrong? If I knew any artist that I would want to see was lip-synching I would not pay to attend. It's that simple for me.

[@rgdunne]

Have you been to a Pearl Jam concert?

[@missapodysis]

​@@rgdunnei'm not about to slam pj in any way (faves of mine), but eddie does kinda mumble a lot of the time and he's not dancing the way taytay is 😂 (no defense for her, just calling that difference)

[@missapodysis]

​@@msromike123 well....a lot of them are on drugs, so that probably helps with the stamina a bit lol probably a lot harder sober! 😅

[@msromike123]

@@missapodysis I think that brings up a great point. It is a different experience that one might be seeking. I always looked at variety shows, dancing, etc. as more of a TV thing. But yes, with the type of performance she is giving, it may be near to impossible to sing while dancing. Great insight.

[@MusicHoldsTheSecret33]

This whole world is a scam. "See the glory Of the royal scam" - Steely Dan

[@DerekADempsey]

@@MusicHoldsTheSecret33 facts.

[@ichirofakename]

I wonder if Fagen mimes.

[@YtuserSumone-rl6sw]

You betcha!

[@krollpeter]

It is not anymore important what you are ... the only important thing is, what people believe you are.

[@MusicHoldsTheSecret33]

@@krollpeter "I'm a Loser. I'm a Loser. And I'm NOT what I appear to be" - John Lennon/The Beatles "Some kind of solitude is measured out in you. You THINIK you know me but you haven't got a Clue" - John Lennon/The Beatles (Hey Bulldog)

[@ghostinthemachine8243]

The drawback of doing this type of analysis is that you end up listening to her sing.

[@Andy-gp4zv]

or did you?

[@RomiVero]

Sing probably it's not the right Word, she tries but she's not a talented singer

[@michaelfelsinger-k2i]

Good one !!!

[@lorenrobertson8039]

I've rarely had to hear her sing...I'm not a fan of hers at all. For personal belief reasons.

[@arconeagain]

Hahaha. God forbid it then gets stuck in your head!

[@k.j.hulander2204]

I always thought her almost total dedication to singing the songs like recorded without any riffs, pauses or embellishments suggested pre-recorded vocals or advanced live pitch correction.

[@samarashelp2607]

She has always done different and new arrangements for songs when she's touring though.

[@Mina-12128]

Clearly you haven't been paying attention to the Eras tour... She does exactly add riffs, pauses and adds embellishments.

[@chilo8187]

@@Mina-12128Shes a faker!

[@Maiseymax696]

I know she does change it up tho because my swiftie coworkers watch the tour on Tik Tok and they notice when she goes hard on the high notes and when she plays it safer

[@chilo8187]

@ They pre-record live vocals during rehearsals

[@ryant1506]

Swift is an influencer who can play music - great marketer, good performer, nominal musician

[@nesssavaness]

Great video, glad I found this channel!

[@Crisadder]

Take a look at his video where he analises Elvis singing Bridge Over Troubled Water! It's a delight 😊

[@lizzaangelis3308]

Taylor swift without digital voice altering is naturally quite pitchy. Generally having wide range on a specific note. And that can be trained in a bit but generally you will still have a decent amount of fluctuations between different performances. Then the timing should never be spot on. Because if she was a fantastic performer she would have a dialogue with the spectators and exchanges both verbal and nonverbal and it’s these nonverbal ones. Like you see the crowd is into it and you run through the last verse and chorus an extra time. Or the chorus one extra time. Or hold a note longer in one performance than in a past one. Maybe the tempo goes up a bit. Or maybe it slows down. The point being is that you honestly can’t have it be identical time and time again. I don’t like going to a concert and then finding out that the live version isn’t any different than the recorded one.

[@cjcurcio]

Exactly! Thank you!

[@matthewrichard7187]

It's clear to me she's worked on her voice over the years,, and in the intimate close quarters songs she did was anything but pitchy. She had great control, breath support, and nuance. All the calling cards of someone who's put in the work with vocal coaches. So I have to disagree, just based on what I saw last night. Maybe she has pitchy nights. She's human. But last night wasnt' one of them. (I am of course not talking about the pieces with backing tracks, which as a musician I was fully aware of. Those were clearly songs they put production and choreography over vocal performance. The small scale stuff was all live and executed quite well in my humble opinion. )

[@MartimDuarte-c2r]

but she sometimes changes the lyrics and sometimes do a high not sometimes dont... I think some chorus she might mimic and not the intire show because at mine concerto she had a little problem with her voice its was quiet pitchy but i liked that

[@stevenstewart782]

There are some nights her voice will be a little scratchy on a couple of songs And there's quite a few times she literally stops singing To wipe her nose because she has a cold

[@leeannehudson7314]

Thankyou for this analysis.Very eye opening

[@ericligotke3542]

Edit: you should also play another live group, like the foo fighters, for a comparison between the two live

[@glennvanzandt3011]

I saw Chris Stapleton a couple of months ago. That guy was singing, great artist.

[@quebecforce111]

one of the Wings of Pegasus video talk of Floor Jansen the lead singer of the band Nightwish. One of the best female singer in the world right now and like the title of Wings of Pegasus of is video of analysing Floor Jansen . Floor raised the bar . No Pitch correction, no nothing, just pure talent

[@jezza8558]

I saw him a few weeks ago, amazing singer, artist and what a powerful voice(he packs a lot of songs in as well!)

[@glennvanzandt3011]

@DavidGraybeard lol, well if I was you I just wouldn't listen to it.

[@LambentOrt]

The disappointing thing about someone like Taylor Swift miming on her live shows is not that she shouldn't be able to get away with it, because a lot of performers do, but that it goes against everything that she purportedly stands for: chiefly, artistic integrity and emotional sincerity. That's what she has built her whole career on. If she's unable to be a real live performer while singing songs about her true feelings and thoughts, then she really is just a con artist. I don't like con artists, and I think people who allow themselves to be scammed by con artists are feeding and enabling the scam.

[@hunterfrederick2731]

Nah, the show is just a lot more than just the vocal performance. She is probably still singing, but they are playing the perfected audio through the sound system. So she is not miming, but she is using a track. A lot of artists do it, but Taylor is very famous so this video will get clicks. Other artists also do this. I won’t out them here, but also they could play some parts from the recording and some parts live. That’s also done

[@nichotto]

She’s not my taste but I thought she was an artist writing and singing her songs so hey ho. But now I find out there is a team of songwriters and producers, and now the whole miming and auto tuning. She’s the face of a very contrived successful product.

[@christopherallen9580]

Taylor Grift can do anything

[@booboo8577]

She was manufactured just like those old "boy bands" were. Welcome to the machine.

[@gregorytaylor9104]

In her Shake it Off video she pretends to fall over, as if she's just like one of her maladroit tween fans. Cynical.

[@Trevelyan1971]

I paid quite a lot of money to see Taylor swift with my wife and Daughter . To be fair they loved it but it was blatantly obvious that there was quite a lot of miming going on. I won’t say how much the tickets were … embarrassingly expensive 😮

[@saucydragonfly]

Did you get them from a reseller or from verified fan/ticketmaster rollout? We have 100 level for upcoming shows, paid under 200.00 each but we didn’t have to go through scalpers

[@jstqw]

thats the problem when something is too popular

[@MissJensk1]

@encouragingly £200??? Extortionate!!!

[@MissJensk1]

Waste of money.

[@casinosnoopy9900]

You got suckered.

[@djdubuque3369]

Yeah they don't even try to hide the lip sync anymore, all these kids have only seen all their favorite artists do this Everytime, so this is now the Norm for them. It's sad especially since you need to spend your rent to go to a concert now a days

[@rickfinsta2951]

Get this man into protective custody NOW.

[@coburgkid]

Love this comment!

[@stevenstewart782]

Video anyway Got no proof of where the audios came from claims are from certain nights but does does that mean he's Got 4 different Movie premiere With the other 3 doesn't really say where they're from For all we know we know For all we know we know he's 4 times 4 Cause He said himself they shouldn't match because of the crowd noise So why do they match that means he's playing the same audio That he himself has copied 4 times To use for this video he's faking the whole damn video in order to get engagement and we're all obliging him

[@TheSearchingSongwriter-o1w]

@@stevenstewart782 Are you Taylor Swift's lawyer?

[@SandraPokorneyCmonDude]

right? Fil is NOT suicidal.

[@darkstars-torpedoes-of-truth]

@@stevenstewart782 Dream on simp.

[@redstrat1234]

I'm an old guy, I don't really listen much to anything after the 90's. I listen to original versions (usually non remastered)of rock, pop, opera, classical, 30's-60's jazz, accapella, early country, bluegrass, lounge music, some soundtracks, showtunes etc. There's so much of this stuff, I can listen to absolutely non-auto tuned, non sampled music till I expire, which is fine by me.

[@loribrown9204]

@@redstrat1234 I’m an old gal who is also a swifty. I’m also old enough to recognize and appreciate all the same music that you do. I think with technology, we see more of the auto correct. I see it as a useful tool to use during a highly demanding 3-hr tour and I’m ok with that. That makes me mindful

[@elmolewis9123]

@@loribrown9204 This is not just about "autocorrect". This is about complete lip-syncing of the entire vocal, which is what she does.

[@loribrown9204]

@@elmolewis9123 No. Fil explored a small segment of her performance. That doesn’t mean she uses it all the time

[@leinonibishop9480]

@@loribrown9204 using it at all is a deal breaker.

[@324cmac]

Thank God for KZbin. So many young people are getting turned on to the great music of the 1960s-1990s.

[@marcodebarkingville1827]

I've watched 3 or 4 live phone recordings of ' Who's afraid of Little Old Me' and the vocal delivery is always note perfect and her mouthing is always a 100% believable. Not being at all tech savvy, I imagined she sang along to a very smart backing track that allowed her to chime in and out of the performance whenever it suited her. Surprised she's getting away with 100% mime, although I imagine this might not apply to her acoustic and piano performances.

[@andrewjenkinson7052]

There is no evidence that the Eras Tour is 100% mime. You cannot take a small part of one song where she is miming and from that conclude the whole performance - or even the rest of the song - is mimed. It is dishonest to even imply that. I do not think Fil intended that but that is how it is perceived. Fil should at least clarify, better, check out more of the tour.

[@jountainfoanette6717]

I have watched a ton of live performances and heard pitch issues and random squeal. Once she started singing and forgot to hold up the mic, starting the song late and there was no recording. I have heard too many mistakes to know it is not 100%. There is likely assistance, not just back up singers. But she is singing.

[@davidmurphy5647]

@@andrewjenkinson7052 why? why would the techs go thru all that work for just that part? it's fake- believe it. i've had to do the synching vocal thing myself- it's embarrassing.

[@andrewjenkinson7052]

@@davidmurphy5647 it is not "just that part". They have done it for parts of most, if not all, the songs. WHY? Because Taylor Swift is a PERFECTIONIST and can AFFORD to get it right. WHY would they go to the trouble of faking all of it and building in the ability to randomly cut the sound when the mike is not at her mouth or allow her to address problems of fans mid song then resume singing EXACTLY in sinc? Please explain how that is technically possible!

[@KevinHallSurfing]

@@andrewjenkinson7052 There is a momentary touch switch on the mic. The switch is commonlyused to turn on or off effects pedals like the TC Helicon Voicetone X1 Megaphone Distortion pedal to mimic a megaphone while singing.

[@swimbikerundotph]

The mere fact there are almost no Swifties in the comments section trashing the guy tells you all you need to know about this video. Bro knows his stuff.

[@ryanluchuck8445]

Fil, stay safe brother. We need you.

[@glamgal7106]

I second what you just said.

[@e.kjaergaard9435]

In a few years we will be analyzing how perfect the artist mimes - using the monitor miming software 😢

[@isivaasanaru5643]

Great video as always. A suggestion: If you first show what comparing actual live vocals SHOULD look like, maybe that'll help some people who aren't musicians to have something to compare your excellent analysis with :)

[@lgate8634]

It seems that a lot of 'live' performances are mixed /produced before being released, even on KZbin. You have to get the raw data from someone who has a recording from the concert that is unprocessed, and how many fans would be prepared to do that. It will be interesting if he gets sent some. I would imagine the clips he is are using are the clearest to prove.

[@isivaasanaru5643]

@@lgate8634 They are produced, but if they're live, or just different versions, at least the general person will clearly see how nothing lines up on the graph, is what I'm thinking.

[@allisonemry3755]

It simply wouldn’t line up - that’s the difference. Use your imagination.

[@isivaasanaru5643]

@allisonemry3755 I know what it would look like because I'm a musician, but I know, because of experience, that non-musicians can find it very hard to understand how different it may look.

[@Rik77]

He's got plenty of other videos that show this

[@kpodonnell7924]

She Can Do it With a Broken Mic.