If something seems to be too good to be true, it probably is. That’s certainly turned out to be the case for Beyoncé’s rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at President Obama’s re-coronation ceremony yesterday:
CNN has confirmed Times of London report that Beyonce lip-synched the National Anthem during #inaug2013
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 22, 2013
Nooooooooo! Some Twitterers are indeed disappointed at the news that Sasha may not be as fierce as she wants us to believe:
Well, Beyonce's a great lip-syncher. Still. I'm disappointed. http://t.co/AfIsMSfh
— Greg Hobbs (@GPHobbs73) January 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/NicoleNicee/status/293768365745528833
As a huge @Beyonce fan, I'm disappointed to learn she missed a chance to nod at Marian Anderson by lip syncing the the National Anthem. 1/2
— Ashley Southall (@AshleyAtTimes) January 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/Gauri_Kuwadekar/status/293773601973350401
A disgrace. "@BuzzFeed: Beyoncé lip-synched Star Spangled Banner at inauguration http://t.co/WcG8Tdxl =("
— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) January 22, 2013
Sorry, but expecting a singer who earns millions for her voice to sing live and not lip-sync isn't asking too much.
— Jedediah Bila (@JedediahBila) January 22, 2013
Others aren’t nearly so scandalized:
why is everyone so surprised that Beyonce was lip synching?
— Duncan McFadyen (@duncan_mcfadyen) January 22, 2013
Beyonce lip syncing. I am shocked and appalled that a pop "singer" would ever do such a terrible thing #MilliVanilli
— Dean K. (@epic_dean) January 22, 2013
People are shocked that Beyonce lip-synched the National Anthem? She's as phony as everything else that passes for popular music today.
— Doug Mataconis (@dmataconis) January 22, 2013
I'm trying figure out why everyone thought Beyonce was actually singing live. (I assumed, you knew)
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) January 22, 2013
An FYI on the Beyonce lip-syncing speculation: a lot of singers do not like to sing live when it's that cold. Really hard on the throat.
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 22, 2013
berman for the win RT @johnsberman: remember, the actual swearing-in was Sunday. Maybe that's when Beyonce's actual singing was too?
— Emily Cohen (@EmilyABC) January 22, 2013
I feel like I'd be more outraged about Beyonce lip syncing if she hadn't done such a mediocre job.
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) January 22, 2013
We all know Beyonce has a stellar voice. The fact that she lap-synced the anthem doesn't matter.
— Heba ✨ (@ClumsyHibz) January 22, 2013
Seriously. It could have been so much worse:
But when you stop and think about it, what’s the big deal, really? We should be used to this sort of thing by now:
So Beyonce did lip-sync at the inaugural. No surprise, Obama has lip-synced through his presidency. http://t.co/JMV6yFEk
— LifeNews.com (@LifeNewsHQ) January 22, 2013
Beyonce lip sync is a metaphor for the Obama presidency.
— (((4chunat1))) (@4chunat1) January 22, 2013
Beyonce lip-synching the National Anthem seems like the perfect metaphor for the beginning of Obama's 2nd Term to me
— AACONS (@AACONS) January 22, 2013
It's more troubling that politicians in DC lip sync leadership than it is that Beyonce lip synced the national anthem. #millivanillipolitics
— Queen of England (@QueenLizzyII) January 22, 2013
So what if Beyonce lip-synced the Anthem? The President just lip-synched his oath.
— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) January 22, 2013
Beyonce lip-synched herself doing the National Anthem. Obama lip-synched Saul Alinsky.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/Rschrim/status/293772153382391808
Ain’t that the truth.
Meanwhile, there are plenty of bigger fish to fry:
Beyonce lip-synched? ZOMG! uhh… debt? deficits? Dodd-Frank? Student loan bubble? Amnesty? Gun control? Obamacare? Unemployment?
— Michelle Ray (@GaltsGirl) January 22, 2013
All that deserves a bit more of our outrage, don’t you think?
Update:
Sadly, some Twitter users are upset about Beyoncé’s “lip singing.” Yes, lip singing.