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People Are Mad at Rita Ora for Lip-Syncing That Song We've Definitely All Heard Before

Rita Ora, who is definitely a singer who sings songs, like with a microphone and everything, preformed as a part of Macyโ€™s annual Thanksgiving Day parade. Suggested Reading The Root 100 – 2024’s Most Influential African Americans Post #3 6-18-2025 Post #2 6-18-2025 Video will return here when scrolled back into view Stefon Diggs and…

Rita Ora, who is definitely a singer who sings songs, like with a microphone and everything, preformed as a part of Macyโ€™s annual Thanksgiving Day parade.

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While shown performing her single โ€œLet You Love Me,โ€ a song everyone totally knew existed before she began to perform it on national television, Ora could be seen lagging behind her vocals, revealing that the singer had decided to lip-sync her performance. In full view of thew gathered crowd and viewers worldwide, Ora lost pace with her lyrics, and could be seen reciting lyrics with a three-to-four bar delay.

People who watch the Macyโ€™s Thanksgiving parade but also somehow arenโ€™t your grandmother sounded off:

https://twitter.com/4evrmalone/status/1065630749028696072
https://twitter.com/kskellinator/status/1065631624652644354
https://twitter.com/justinkirkland4/status/1065630612000784385

While I doubt Justinโ€™s last tweet is correct, (who, after all, has seen peak Ora?) the error was blatant, likely some innocent miscue between folks on the ground and folks in NBCโ€™s television control room. John Legend came to her defense, reminding viewers that most performers pantomime to avoid singing in the bitter November cold.

After she caught wind of the controversy, Ora let her fans, of which there are multitudes, know where she stood.

https://twitter.com/RitaOra/status/1065643517832237056

When reached for comment, my mom (no shit) said:

โ€œThat wasnโ€™t Rihanna singing that song?โ€

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