14 DAY TRIAL // Cheryl Cole might be one of the hottest pop stars on the British scene right now but, as it so happens, she's also very controversial because her talent is debatable. In a recent interview, Cheryl addresses the rumors about her lip-syncing every one of her performances.
She never mimes, she says, as cited by the Daily Mail. If people at home and industry people choose to believe she is, then she will take it as compliment.
“If you think my live vocal sounds so good it must be mimed, I’m happy. I take it as a compliment,” Cheryl says.
On the same occasion, she also dispatches some vocal advice from her own experience: recording sessions and junk food don't really mix together.
“There’s a track on the Super Deluxe edition of the album called Teddy Bear. When we were recording it, I just sat eating Oreo Cookies and Pinkberry frozen yoghurt, and In and Out Burger all day,” Cheryl says.
“I was singing in the morning and everything was fine. Then I went in after having a burger and I was singing [exaggerated Batman growl] down there. You have to use your stomach when you sing. If it’s digesting, it’s not a happy place to be,” she explains.
The irony in all this is that proof of her lip-syncing can be found in her two most recent performances: she sang for the Queen with Gary Barlow during the Diamond Jubilee Concert last weekend, and she mimed her way through her latest single on The Voice UK before that.
The difference between the two is startling: she fared well on the latter, but she sounded horrible on the former, drawing the ire of many who actually hoped she would not embarrass herself on such an important occasion.
Videos for both performances are below. We tend to agree with what people are now saying online about Cheryl's obvious talent as a performer but almost non-existent skills as a singer.
Even so, feel free to make up your own mind on that.
Cheryl Cole, “Call My Name” on The Voice
