To put it lightly, this performance sort of ended any argument I’ve seen (or I myself have had) about the defense of “lip syncing is fine when the choreographies are really athletic and difficult.” I myself have even thought this sometimes, especially given the overall trend since 2nd gen of choreographies becoming more difficult and lip syncing becoming much more common. While I agree that yes, live singing is much harder when you’re doing a super aerobic dance as is often the case with groups now, I now know it’s definitely possible in a live scenario. Gaga sang live the entire evening, sometimes without a backing track (and without any backup singers), all while doing some of the most hilariously aerobic insane choreography the entire night (which was almost 2 hours straight). The point is, I think sometimes we as Kpop stans talk ourself into believing that our favs shouldn’t have to sing live if the dancing is intense or complicated, but I think ultimately that’s not really true. I’ve been impressed recently with how itzy has been singing live while doing their insane choreographies, and I’ve seen other groups start to do the same. Basically, I just think the argument for “difficult choreography should excuse lip syncing” is over and cancelled periodt