{"id":461073,"date":"2026-02-10T23:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/461073\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T23:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:50:07","slug":"kid-rock-defends-lip-sync-super-bowl-performance-did-not-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/461073\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Rock Defends “Lip Sync” Super Bowl Performance: “Did Not Line Up”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tKid Rock<\/a> sang \u201cBawitdaba,\u201d but it looked like \u201cBaw-da-what-now?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tPresident Trump\u2019s favorite rock artist is defending his Super Bowl<\/a> halftime show counter-programming performance against allegations of lip syncing. <\/p>\n

\n\tKid Rock took to X to explain, \u201cMy halftime performance was pre-recorded but performed live. No lip-syncing like the haters and fake news are trying to report. When they synced the cameras to my performance on \u2018Bawitdaba,\u2019 it did not line up as I explain in this video.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe singer said that amid the frantic edits in his high-intensity performance of the 1998 hit, the production didn\u2019t correctly sync the music to his performance in every shot. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat song is chaos,\u201d he said in a video (below). \u201cThe first thing is, if I was ever going to lip sync \u2014 which I wouldn\u2019t \u2014 that would be the last song I would ever do it to. We performed this song every night on tour since 1998 since the day it was released. Turning Point USA sent me a first cut [after] we taped it and my comment was, \u2018the sync is off.\u2019 They were trying to line it up \u2026 It was very difficult for them, because somebody clearly wasn\u2019t super familiar with the song. It could have been done had we had more time.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSo I have nothing but good things to say \u2014 not only about Turning Point, but the production team that they work with,\u201d he continued. \u201cNobody\u2019s perfect every time. But for the haters and the trolls out there, that\u2019s exactly what happened. And by the way, most of you know this. Some of you in the entertainment world can look at that and be like, \u2018the sync is off.\u2019 But they had to lie and say, \u2018Oh, he was lip syncing.\u2019 Then people amplify this all over the internet. And I know most people don\u2019t even care, but the certain people just keep repeating it, so people think it\u2019s a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAnd this goes on on both sides,\u201d he added, \u201cThey did it to Bad Bunny, in his defense, when \u2026 he was on Saturday Night Live \u2026 they [claim lip syncing] far too often, especially in the fake news media, the crazy libtards.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tJimmy Kimmel was among those mocking the TP USA halftime show, saying in his Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue<\/a> last night that the concert \u201cwas not a good program.\u201d It went off with \u201ca lot of hitches,\u201d including what he called Kid Rock\u2019s \u201clip sync battle with himself.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMAGA \u201ccomplain(s) about how bad everything is, and then they do it worse,\u201d Kimmel said.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s Kid Rock detailing what happened: <\/p>\n

My halftime performance was pre recorded but performed live. No lipsycing like the haters and fake news are trying to report. When they synced the cameras to my performance on Bawitdaba, it did not line up as I explain in this video. pic.twitter.com\/k1x1RfI9RY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 KidRock (@KidRock) February 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n