Beyoncé sang at the presidential inauguration on Monday, though many people are saying that she actually lip-synched her performance. (Others say she didn’t.) She wouldn’t be the first to “fake” a performance at a presidential inauguration: Four years ago, Itzhak Perlman and Yo-Yo Ma synched themselves to a recorded track because the extreme cold could’ve damaged their instruments.
Commenting on Beyoncé’s potential lip-synching are Jay Cowit, technical director for The Takeaway, and  Jeff Spurgeon, the morning host of WQXR, New York Public Radio’s classical music station.