Today is the birthday of Mayday lead singer Ashin. He thanked netizens for their blessings in a limited time update on social software:"Do your best and be yourself, life can be very simple. Thank you, I love you."Some media speculated that this move was in response to the recent lip-syncing controversy.
Previously, many live videos circulated on the Internet caused Mayday to be involved in lip-synching controversy. Not long ago, the video blogger "Wheat Farmer" released a video saying,The real singing and lip-syncing of Mayday’s 2023 Shanghai concert and London concert were authenticated, and it was believed that Mayday lip-synched some of its songs. The incident has been spreading since December 3, attracting attention from many parties.
Subsequently,His agency believes that the music post "denies lip-syncing" and emphasizes that the "Mayday lip-synching" on the Internet is malicious attacks and rumors.
On the evening of December 4th, Mayday’s agency Believe Music issued a statement saying,Mayday did not engage in any lip-synching behavior during the tour and stated that it is actively cooperating with relevant law enforcement agencies in investigations.
It is reported that the original video and audio of the Mayday Shanghai concert have been submitted to the local cultural market inspection department.
Relevant departments will conduct scientific evaluation and analysis of the provided audio and video content and publish the investigation results.
The focus of this "lip-syncing" incident is as follows:
The blogger "Wheatfield Farmer" stated in the video that the material of his authenticity and lip-syncing identification video came from videos taken by fans at concerts, from which the vocals were extracted and imported into Melodyne's voice modification software for analysis. Later, it was discovered that the pitch and intonation of certain parts of certain songs were nearly accurate, which led to the conclusion that there was lip-synching behavior at the Mayday concert.
Subsequently, "Wheat Farmer"'s good friend blogger "Shengxue" further explained the determination principle on his Weibo:
We don't use our ears to hear whether his singing is accurate or inaccurate, we use our own eyes to see whether his vocal waveform moves accurately or inaccurately according to the software's standards. The standards of the two are completely different. The former's "accurate or inaccurate" standard is limited to the semitone interval level at most, while the latter's "accurate or inaccurate" standard is limited to the hertz level.
At the Hertz level, singing live and being able to sing accurately is simply not something that humans can do - no matter how good a singer is, it is absolutely impossible for him to do it, and it is far from possible.
"Acoustic Science" also stated: Regarding this incident, I have never received any money from any platform or company. If I tell lies, you are welcome to provide evidence and comment. I am willing to "triple compensation" for the money I received.