China doles out punishments for bands caught lip syncing at concerts

Article: A popular concert that sold out in 5 seconds... now at risk of being kicked out for "lip syncing"

Source: SBS via Naver

[+423, -21] If lip syncing were to be banned in our country, probably over half of our K-Pop singers would be out of a job

[+210, -8] Can we implement this in our country too? Lip syncers should not be considered singers.

[+101, -5] The two things we can learn from China: death penalties and lip syncing bans.

[+54, -3] Such a basic standard and yet it feels like it's been so long since I've heard actual live singing ㅋㅋ

[+11, -0] Can Korea please ban lip syncing too, you should not be called a singer if you don't sing live, you're just a dancer

[+10, -1] I think it's acceptable to lip sync on music shows when the performance aspect of your stage is the main show, but I think concerts should be 100% live no matter what. If there's a lot of dancing required for your sets, either cut it down or rehearse to the point where you can handle it all. Either way, concerts should be 100% live no matter what. Your concert is the one place that you can prove your vocal skills.

[+7, -0] Lip syncing without disclosing it is basically scamming your audience for your own financial gain

[+6, -0] I wonder how many on Korean music shows actually sing live??? Most of the groups are basically just dancers

[+4, -0] Yup, lip syncing should be penalized under the crime of fraud. 

[+3, -0] We desperately need this in Korea... way too many brainless singers lip syncing over here

[+3, -0] The irony of allowing plagiarism but not lip syncing over there

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