aespa Karina caught lip syncing at 'Waterbomb'

Article: "Anyone else see Karina's Waterbomb lip sync?"

Source: Pann

Wobbling around with a handheld mic, all awkward and hesitant.

Starting to sing, then stopping… starting again, then stopping again…

What is this?

Even a middle school talent show would be better than this.

I legit got secondhand embarrassment and was in shock…

How is it that Korea’s concert culture is at the level where someone like that, who can’t even perform a proper live set, is getting a solo stage and being hyped up?

If you’re going to perform live, at least prepare properly. It wasn’t even AR (live audio track) but just the original song, and she couldn’t even sing along properly.

I don’t dislike Karina, I even watched her on Jung Jae Hyung’s channel.

But when she said she thought she was the main vocal… seriously, she has no self-awareness. I honestly cringed from embarrassment on her behalf.

Please just prepare properly and only do a solo stage if you’re ready.

She’d start singing, then stop, then just say a single word into the mic…

The rest was all lip-synced.

And you’re going to go around on YouTube calling that a “main vocal” performance with that level of quality?

1. [+212, -90] Waterbomb is FULL of AR performances, but of course people start raging only at Karina ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That whole “fairy dining table main vocal” thing was just a rumor from high school 'cause her friends thought she sang well. What’s that got to do with Waterbomb? Don’t act like you watched her channel 'cause you like her, you were looking for something to drag.
2. [+209, -84] Like… who even sings live at Waterbomb? ㅋㅋ You’re only coming for Karina, it’s so obvious and laughable ㅋㅋㅋㅋ When did you ever care about live vocals at Waterbomb?
3. [+208, -76] Waterbomb is a show where you’re getting splashed the whole time, so lots of people are calling out the AR usage.
4. [+201, -107] The reason she gets called out for lip-syncing so often is 'cause she literally always lip-syncs. Even at concerts.
5. [+189, -76] Here we go again, only foaming at the mouth over Karina ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Don’t even make a peep when other idols lip-sync though tsk ㅎㅎ
6. [+157, -29] Honestly, singing live at Waterbomb is weirder. It’s way better to just focus on hard-hitting choreo at events like that.
7. [+120, -3] There are idols who go overseas and lip-sync too. So what?
8. [+90, -14] If she’s always lip-syncing at every stage, why hype her up for her “skills”?
9. [+57, -6] Enough already, you pick-me b*tches. You act all feminist and then start raging about the mic. Go bash NCT or BTS for their lack of live vocals instead.
10. [+54, -21] If a singer’s just gonna lip-sync at a performance, why even bother charging money for tickets?
11. [+33, -2] If this is how it’s gonna be, fans should stop pretending she’s a “skilled performer.” Why are there constant lip-sync controversies from college festivals till now? Just because she sang a little bit during an encore doesn’t make her a skilled singer. Then they compare her to idols who can’t sing live to say she’s “better” lol. If you’re gonna hype her up for her skills, compare her to people who actually can sing live, like BTOB or Mamamoo. Are they dumb for actually doing live vocals on stage? Enough with the “protect the vocal cords” excuses. You're just being delulu fans.
12. [+22, -3] Whether it’s Music Core or an event, if you’re gonna lip-sync, just don’t use a handheld mic. If you’re just gonna flap your lips, what’s the mic even for? All this “live AR” stuff needs to go.
13. [+18, -3] ㅋㅋㅋ Le Sserafim’s gonna get dragged next.
14. [+17, -1] aespa is a group with zero live performance controversies. Only lip-sync scandalsㅋ
15. [+12, -2] Classic Femcafe/Ilbe goddess vibes ㅋㅋ. At this rate, she should do a duet with Kim Heung-gookㅋ