Having spent some batshit amount on tickets to an HM concert, a fan recently griped to OK! magazine: “When it got the to bridge of the song ‘We Got the Party,’ her dancers began to crowd around her. Then they covered her with a black sheet and she went through a secret door. Within a second, a new ‘Hannah’ came out of a different door wearing oversized white glasses.”
Yes, pretty silly that people would be “scandalized” by an arena teen pop gig employing lip syncing and other trickery, but after watching the YouTube (from about 2:00 on), man, that is some sloppy-ass subterfuge for a billion-dollar production.
I once saw Shakira perform, and she interrupted the flow of the concert for an 8 minute A/V “performance” by some random dancer who was not Shakira. Hilariously bad tactics, but credit for keeping the show going without resorting to a drum solo.
@dennisobell: The “she’s just bein’ Miley” line didn’t clue you in?
@girlboymusic: I dunno, now I hear it loud and clear, obvi — but it buzzed right past me the first coupla times. I’m glad I heard it totally unbiased. It’s really a terrific pop song.
To Cyrus’ credit, this sort of thing happens all the time. I’m pretty sure when I saw Bowie a few years ago, they had replaced him with a look-a-like from the very start.
Have we already discussed this? I…I am shamefully in love with the Cyrus song “See You Again.” I had no idea who it was the first couple times I heard it on the radio, and it’s better than any pop-punk I’ve heard from any of the tartlets in the last couple of years.