The definitive discussion: are all music shows' performances either fully lipsynced or using otherwise non-live audio?

Damn this topic is ALWAYS a hit thread.

This is what true live singing sounds like when you're doing choreo.

Only SM is full lipsync

Another example of what live singing sounds like while you're moving. Notice the mic sounds as Sieun sings.

not all the music shows but most. only KBS music banks has live singing occasionally these days

It depends on the music show and on the artist. Music bank seems to be currently the music show with the most live vocals but not every act performing there sings live. And sometimes performances at other shows can have live vocals too.

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Music Core used to claim they only use live audio, but that isn't true anymore?

I hadn't expected KBS Music Bank to be the only one using live singing these days, I'd have expected it to be Inkigayo or Music Core or such. But those are all full lipsynced (non-live audio) now?

the Music Core thing is false but for whatever reason kpop fans still spread it to say their faves don't lip sync. perhaps it was true at some point in the past, since MBC made that claim years ago, but nowadays almost every Music Core performance is lipped

You guys need to understand that it's not the music show preventing groups from singing live. It's their companies that don't let their singers sing

I have not heard a live on music shows...like ever. Except for encores. So yeah, I pretty much assume idols are lip-synching at music shows. Not necessarily award shows though.

Depends on artist and show but it just seems like inkigayo, theshow, show champion has more lip synced performance as opposed to music bank and music core, m countdown, music core overall

Most artists lipsync on all of them, but they can all have live singing. However, I noticed one of them (I don't remember which) tends to have more live singing than the others.

Let's just say most of the ones I've seen look like they're lip synced or pre recorded.

the only vids i trust are the ones that confidently say 100% real live in the title

Examples of rather recent performances at different shows that have live vocals imo:

Music Core:

M Countdown:

Inkigayo:

Music Bank:

Some music shows use the pre recorded version and sometimes the agency only want their artists to lipsync. So it’s hard to say that show x doesn‘t allow lipsynching when almost every show has - those who sing live with a medium to low loud backtrack, those who sing live with a loud backtrack or AR and those who fully lipsync - lastly those who sing live but they choose the AR over the live