Dont shade it's just a question !

[btmyhbrit99]

Can we end the looping debate? I swear everytime she performs at an award show or festival this comes up. you can literally copy and paste old threads at this point . the opinions of the fanbase have not and will not change. Britney will sing live when she wants to and at this point she doesn't have to because she's really not trying to impress critics online or in the press. she can still sing live, she's more comfortable singing in the studio obviously, what else is fucking new? I been rockin with her since the beginning and those few months from her debut until the 99 VMAs performance was the only time u could count on her being somewhat live. after time her routines got more intense and she stopped trying. occasionally she sung live all the way up to the film fatale tour. idk if it's nerves and I honestly don't care at this point nor have I ever really cared because I never doubt her singing abilities . she's not the best and news flash even when she was singing better than she can currently she was still never the best. and it's really at this point only a concern to fans who feel the need to defend her. she doesn't need ur defense, she's not hiding what she's doing and everyone in the industry understands this. if Britney and her team are comfortable with the way it is then so be it.

[M.E.]

11 minutes ago, btmyhbrit99 said:

Can we end the looping debate? I swear everytime she performs at an award show or festival this comes up. you can literally copy and paste old threads at this point . the opinions of the fanbase have not and will not change. Britney will sing live when she wants to and at this point she doesn't have to because she's really not trying to impress critics online or in the press. 

 

Exactly. She's doing it for the fans, and most of them want her to sing live occasionally. 

[btmyhbrit99]

17 minutes ago, M.E. said:

 

Exactly. She's doing it for the fans, and most of them want her to sing live occasionally. 

No she knows the fans just really want to see her. if she was trying to answer to all of the fans desires then she would also have amazing neck breaking choreography and be putting out extraordinary music but shes not. and I know it sounds odd saying it but maybe it's worth it, this fanbase is stanning for a person who is absolutely ok with being a bit subpar performance-wise (regardless of what she says in interviews about being competitive ) and she's just having fun with it. I just don't understand why so many expect her to sing live when the overwhelming majority of her performances have been lipped. Is it because Beyonce and Rihanna do it? that's like expecting the two of them to lip because Britney does it. u should all know how she does this by now, it's not like she just started pulling this last year. back to the original post, yes she can still sing live she just doesn't want to.

[M.E.]

1 minute ago, btmyhbrit99 said:

No she knows the fans just really want to see her. if she was trying to answer to all of the fans desires then she would also have amazing neck breaking choreography and putting out extraordinary music but shes not. and I know it sounds odd saying it but maybe it's worth it, this fanbase is stabbing for a per

 

You're excuses for her just aren't cutting it. She has sang live during every era up until Vegas. There is no reason for her not to be doing it now. No one expects a 100% live show, but the VERY LEAST, she should be singing along to songs like Everytime.

 

And 90% of both fans and critics seem to think Glory is one of her very best works, and Britney seems to think so too, so I'd say she's still putting in the effort and releasing extraordinary music. 

[btmyhbrit99]

4 minutes ago, M.E. said:

 

You're excuses for her just aren't cutting it. She has sang live during every era up until Vegas. There is no reason for her not to be doing it now. No one expects a 100% live show, but the VERY LEAST, she should be singing along to songs like Everytime.

 

And 90% of both fans and critics seem to think Glory is one of her very best works, and Britney seems to think so too, so I'd say she's still putting in the effort and releasing extraordinary music. 

 

Did I say she didn't sing live ever? she stopped with POM because she doesn't want to, that's not an excuse. an excuse would be she's not singing live because it's cold in the theater or something like that. 

And please tell me what good does it do if she sings just one song live ? what ? is she gonna get all the praise in the world from the fanbase for singing live for 4 mins?

And she released a great album (one of her best) but it's not extraordinary or her song would be number 1 right now and everyone would be talking about it. we love her, she's great but let's stop with unrealistic expectations and be honest about whats going on. she doesn't want to sing live, she's sounds better in the studio with expert production and multiple takes. if she decides to sing live ok good for her but really it is what it is take it or leave it.

[Light Yagami]

No confidence.

which i get... I can easily imitate anyone from Freddie Mercury to Adele to SIA but when there are people involved i cant even whisper a note....  Thats social anxiety, we all know for a fact she has it too ...

[Brian.TheDog]

1 hour ago, btmyhbrit99 said:

 

Did I say she didn't sing live ever? she stopped with POM because she doesn't want to, that's not an excuse. an excuse would be she's not singing live because it's cold in the theater or something like that. 

 

umm both reasons are an excuse

[btmyhbrit99]

49 minutes ago, Brian.TheDog said:

 

umm both reasons are an excuse

OK what should I say then? since I can't just say what I think is the truth, that she just doesn't want to because apparently that's just an excuse, then please tell me play what is the reason for her not singing live.

[Nelli Gaidai]

SHE SANG WITH HER REAL VOCALS ON GLORY wasn't it the most perfect vocals album ever?? (she just does not sing when she does it live!!)

here's the thing- the voice can be trained to sing well.. if you haven't noticed after many years singing, britney changed her style of singing.. back in 2001 it's almost unbelievable how different she sang.. compare that to femme fatler/ glory yes her songs got more 'general public appropriate' and i guess more silly but her vocals are incredible.. VOICE IS SOMETHING SHE REALLY FOCUSED HER ATTENTION ON.. she wants to be one of those really talented women in the biz.. those are her inspirations believe me or not but as you can see with glory, she's got that nailed now and she really CAN SING. she just wasnt singing correctly... she wasnt training her voice much

[Nelli Gaidai]

1 hour ago, btmyhbrit99 said:

OK what should I say then? since I can't just say what I think is the truth, that she just doesn't want to because apparently that's just an excuse, then please tell me play what is the reason for her not singing live.

have you ever tried dancing and singing live?? also live singing sounds like shit.. lol no offense but sometimes no matter how good you are, you will sound terrible so live is just not always something good to rely on

[Nelli Gaidai]

4 hours ago, btmyhbrit99 said:

Can we end the looping debate? I swear everytime she performs at an award show or festival this comes up. you can literally copy and paste old threads at this point . the opinions of the fanbase have not and will not change. Britney will sing live when she wants to and at this point she doesn't have to because she's really not trying to impress critics online or in the press. she can still sing live, she's more comfortable singing in the studio obviously, what else is fucking new? I been rockin with her since the beginning and those few months from her debut until the 99 VMAs performance was the only time u could count on her being somewhat live. after time her routines got more intense and she stopped trying. occasionally she sung live all the way up to the film fatale tour. idk if it's nerves and I honestly don't care at this point nor have I ever really cared because I never doubt her singing abilities . she's not the best and news flash even when she was singing better than she can currently she was still never the best. and it's really at this point only a concern to fans who feel the need to defend her. she doesn't need ur defense, she's not hiding what she's doing and everyone in the industry understands this. if Britney and her team are comfortable with the way it is then so be it.

i think she is really insecure with her voice and the car pool karaoke was proof exactly how she sings... i thought she was good to be honest.. weaker than i thought she would be but it might of just been the nerves

[JoshLee]

Its obvious she can still sing, hence BJ and Glory (raw vocals maybe with minimal autotune here and there, but what artist doesn't use that?  ) 

 

Anyways she can sing otherwise I'm pretty sure she would of been dropped after Jive died tbh  

 

Now we all know she is a good singer, but not the strongest singer ever, and we all know she lip-syncs, but honestly she uses pre-recored vocals, which is basically like "live singing" But like someone said previously, she's more considered an entertainer to the GP and stuff not really a singer (like Adele, Sia, etc.) 

 

We also have to keep in mind, she DANCES! Singing (on pitch) and dancing is hard to do perfectly and who honestly cares, she has nothing to prove, she's the biggest pop star in the industry and a legend, and that simply is what other artists can not take away from her

[Brian.TheDog]

5 hours ago, btmyhbrit99 said:

OK what should I say then? since I can't just say what I think is the truth, that she just doesn't want to because apparently that's just an excuse, then please tell me play what is the reason for her not singing live.

 

i didn't say you were wrong that she doesn't want to, i said that her not wanting to is an excuse, an excuse from her not you

[HannahLou]

I think she's too nervous  but can still sing

[estherilla]

It's obvious that she can't sing quite good, if she still  had a good voice she would sing ever.

Maybe because of the smoking ( smoking is one of the worst things for anyone's voice), or because of the forced baby-voice....or both. Or simply she lost her voice and she isn't selfconfident.

It's a pity, but I really think we will never hear her singing live anymore.

[BlackoutEgo]

22 hours ago, heather said:

from what I saw Tinashe wasn't live either.

She actually was ..  but she was singing over the track since that what Britney uses for her lip syncing 

[BlackoutEgo]

U obviously haven't heard glory if ur questioning Britney's voice .. I mean didn't u hear the vocals she laid down? ESPECIALLY that long vibrato she gave at the end of 'love me down' 

 

Britney is no vocalist but she can sing.. some ppl don't know the difference between singers & vocalists. I'm also not saying she's the best singer either I mean if u do a comparison between her younger self & now, her vocals are not as strong anymore & have gotten a bit weaker. I completely agree with u tho, this generation is all about live singing 

[heather]

5 minutes ago, BlackoutEgo said:

She actually was ..  but she was singing over the track since that what Britney uses for her lip syncing 

I watched the full thing and she sang a few things here and there, I wouldn't exactly call that singing tbh.

[BlackoutEgo]

2 minutes ago, heather said:

I watched the full thing and she sang a few things here and there, I wouldn't exactly call that singing tbh.

I watched the full thing as well .. she wasn't necessarily caught up when it came to her part but atleast she sang live .. what Britney does is what u call "not exactly singing" 

 

the overall question was if Britney still has the capability to sing. we all know tinashe could hence at her singing Britney happy birthday last night. I don't get why yall get defensive over a simple question 

[heather]

Just now, BlackoutEgo said:

I watched the full thing as well .. she wasn't necessarily caught up when it came to her part but atleast she sang live .. what Britney does is what u call "not exactly singing" 

 

the overall question was if Britney still has the capability to sing. we all know tinashe could hence at her singing Britney happy birthday last night. I don't get why yall get defensive over a simple question 

 I just don't think it's fair to point out Britney lipped when tinashe wasn't live throughout either.

[BlackoutEgo]

1 minute ago, heather said:

 I just don't think it's fair to point out Britney lipped when tinashe wasn't live throughout either.

 But tinashe was live throughout regardless if she missed her parts .. I mean she's singing against a cd track because of Britney lol. 

[heather]

Just now, BlackoutEgo said:

 But tinashe was live throughout regardless if she missed her parts .. I mean she's singing against a cd track because of Britney lol. 

She wasn't lipping like Britney but she wasn't live throughout either. It's unfair to say "Britney lipped while tinahe was live" because she wasn't live the whole time. Do you see what I mean? I'm not saying tinashe lipped, but she was NOT live throughout, so faulting Britney for lipping while right next to her tinashe was NOT singing either, is NOT fair to Britney.

[BlackoutEgo]

4 minutes ago, heather said:

She wasn't lipping like Britney but she wasn't live throughout either. It's unfair to say "Britney lipped while tinahe was live" because she wasn't live the whole time. Do you see what I mean? I'm not saying tinashe lipped, but she was NOT live throughout, so faulting Britney for lipping while right next to her tinashe was NOT singing either, is NOT fair to Britney.

it would only be unfair if tinashe completely lip synced. She did lip some parts I will say but u can tell she did that for Britney because u can tell the difference between someone singing live & lip syncing. Tinashe is not the type to lip sync if u look at her shows (she dances to instense choreo & sings live) but that's not really the point of this thread, he wants to know if Britney can still sing. 

[heather]

Just now, BlackoutEgo said:

it would only be unfair if tinashe completely lip synced. She did lip some parts I will say but u can tell she did that for Britney because u can tell the difference between someone singing live & lip syncing. Tinashe is not the type to lip sync if u look at her shows (she dances to instense choreo & sings live) but that's not really the point of this thread, he wants to know if Britney can still sing. 

It could have been asked in a better way than comparing her to someone who also wasn't singing live, which is the whole point I was trying to make. I have no interest in looking any farther into tinashe, she bores me to tears.

[Dexter1998]

18 hours ago, Vegasney88 said:

She sang parts live during DWADT

 

She sang Everytime live during OHT

 

We got You Oughta Know during TCSBS

 

The prerecorded vocals during FFT

 

And a few random tv performances throughout the years where she sang live

 

So I don't think it's crazy for me as a fan to expect/want to hear something other than the cd tracks during a live performance.

 

I'm not turning in my stan card just yet. I love her, what she's overcome, her personality, and most important of all her music! I'm just not into some of her recent choices for live performances. I know she's not hurting for money, but her choice to blatantly lip sync 100% of the time is killing her credibility as an artist and performer and makes me sad as a fan of hers.  

 

 

 

Britney had pre-recorded vocals in some songs at POM until the revamp: Work Bitch (I think they are still there), Womanizer at parts, Me Against the Music at parts (they are still there), Gimme More, Piece of Me (They are gone now), freakshow (they are still there) I believe Do Something, Stronger, Crazy and Till The World Ends (the last three are gone too)