Rita Ora was to sing her new song "Let You Love Me" from her album "Phoenix," which gets released today. However, her timing was a few seconds off, and eagle-eyed viewers caught the moment on video. Here's the mis-hap for you to see.
Yikes Rita Ora caught lip synching at #MacysParade pic.twitter.com/nkd4w9VKRM
— Ryan Schocket (@RyanSchocket) November 22, 2018
There's nothing wrong a bit of lip-syncing, especially in downtown New York City freezing your arse off. Needless to say, the reaction online hasn't been kind to poor Rita.
When you miss your lip sync cue. Oh Rita Ora... #MacysParade pic.twitter.com/XwKWRONFfN
— Katie Skelly (@kskellinator) November 22, 2018
Everyone watching Rita Ora mess up the lip sync pic.twitter.com/Rpukk8Ao2K
— Emi (@givebreadsticks) November 22, 2018
Me: *watches thanksgiving day parade*
Rita Ora: *comes on*
Me: pic.twitter.com/4WBOavzOha— Coconut Gun (@Thosearewaffles) November 22, 2018
rita ora after her... performance #MacysParade pic.twitter.com/IVGWlKwelk
— hannah ?✨ (@hannahcarolinek) November 22, 2018
Watching Rita Ora completely miss her lip sync like #MacysParade pic.twitter.com/hwukD0MxQw
— Hannah Robins (@han_robins) November 22, 2018
also relevant; when rita ora decided to lip sync like everyone else in the #ThanksgivingDayParade but it just didn’t work in her favor. pic.twitter.com/5C5Ot884kw
— katie (@kanyevests) November 22, 2018
John Legend, who has also sung at Macy's Parade, was quick to rally his support for Rita's mistake. He tweeted, "Fun fact. We all have to lip sync on this parade because the floats don't have the capacity to handle the sound requirements for a live performance. Hope y'all enjoyed it anyway. Know that if you come to my shows, the vocals are 100% live!" Seems like Macy's need to get their sh*t together for next year.
Rita re-tweeted John, saying "thank you for clarifying what I was about to also tweet. It’s annoying for us but anyway! All my shows are 100 percent live always have been!"
Fun fact @johnlegend thank you for clarifying what I was about to also tweet. It’s annoying for us but anyway! All my shows are 100 percent live always have been! When you come to a ORA show get ready! Back to holidays! Have a good one guys! :) X https://t.co/pO5hnnQgvg
— Rita Ora (@RitaOra) November 22, 2018
Rita seemed to laugh it all off, saying "Now let me go find some turkey!!"
Exactly!! You got that right! You know this girl doesn’t lip sync it’s not my world! Now let me go find some turkey!! https://t.co/GmC5TCMBSx
— Rita Ora (@RitaOra) November 22, 2018