People don't even know, or should i say remember, how live vocals sounds like. They've gotten used to being lied and deceived by kpop companies and they go with it. Users on this forum also cannot tell what's live and what's not and want to brag about their faves perfect live singing. And when you point out that those were not live vocals they accuse you of lying or being jealous.
Yes, it can't get worse.
Exactly. I might as well be a senior citizen in the KPOP community, because I started watching KPOP during the DBSK5 days. I never watched their MV's, only their live performances because it was actually live. And it was f*cking amazing.
Nowadays I try watching "live" performances from current groups and It's just... I can't take it seriously. It's literally 99% lipsync. And the worst part is that these kids and new fans in the comments all think it's live. They leave comments like; "these girls ate the cd" when it's clearly and obviously lipsync. It's frustrating. These companies have also really done a lot of work with trying to make it sound not lipsync by adding what I can only describe as a breath effect. Adding a little bit here and there to make it differ from the cd.
EDIT: Just to add some examples:
Back then and even now, when singers are not using hand-held microphones they're almost always lipsyncing for sure.
Clearly live with some lipsyncing parts: Full of imperfections, offbeat, volume differences(due to distance of microphone to mouth). Live is NEVER perfect and it's always different.
Clearly lipsync:
And this is an actual live version of Rising Sun:
