lip-synced
Mimed the vocals
Lip-synced is the past tense of lip-sync, meaning to move one's lips in synchronization with a prerecorded vocal track.
Performers lip-sync when singing live is impractical or when dubbing foreign films: She lip-synced to her biggest hit at the halftime show.
The practice ranges from accepted convention to scandal, depending on context and audience expectations.
Reproducing recorded media
- dubbingPost-production sound replacement
- mouthingSilent word formation
- vocalsSung musical parts
- karaokeSinging to backing tracks
concert · choreography · stage · popstar · microphone · rehearsal · broadcast · telecast
Simulating something false
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
- façadeFalse outward appearance
miming · counterfeit · inauthentic · cheating · scandal · exposure · Milli Vanilli · controversy
playback
Reproducing recorded media
karaoke · concert · choreography · stage · popstar · microphone · rehearsal · broadcast · telecast · prerecorded
faking
Simulating something false
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- illusionMisleading sensory impression
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
façade · miming · counterfeit · inauthentic · cheating · scandal · exposure · Milli Vanilli · controversy · accusation
timing
Art of choosing moments
mirror · tracking · matching · cueing · rhythm · accuracy · alignment · coordination · looping · overdub
lip-syncedimprovised
Created without prior planning
spontaneous · off-the-cuff · unrehearsed · extemporaneous · ad-libbed
lip, lips, lipped, sync, syncs, syncing, synced, synchronize, synchronization