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Milli Vanilli, the Real Story - 20 Years Later
A lot of pop stars today lip sync during their performances and have other tools to help them sing. Since that's essentially what got you in so much trouble, how do you digest that?
The pop climate has changed. I'm not saying if it's for the best and for the worst. But authenticity of an artist has changed. Now, a great video is one of the most important things because this is your tool to promote. Your live show isn't your number one thing anymore, the video is what people are paying attention to. So there's a whole different string of artists that came along with what took place in the past.
I have to say something and be clear about it. When people say: "Well, you didn't sing on the record"... OK, cool. I didn't. But to be technical, when someone records in a studio and Auto-Tune does your job, it isn't you anymore. It could be anyone, because you're not doing it anymore, the machine is doing it. So, are you doing it? When it comes time to perform it live, you can't replicate it. So when people say 'You should sing on the record, man.' Well, yeah, but now technically a lot of the people who are singing on the record with Auto-Tune aren't doing their job.
