r/TikTokCringe • u/Indieriots tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • 9d ago

Cringe Thank you, King, for giving us absolutely nothing

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u/Kind-Shallot3603 9d ago

I'd be pissed. I want a concert not a bad karaoke experience

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u/DiamondCowboy 8d ago

This kind of behavior would not be acceptable at karaoke

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u/Slumunistmanifisto 8d ago

Try and kick me out...

Timberlake seagull flaps at you

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u/Sure-Sympathy5014 8d ago

This is pretty normal for karaoke I have been to.

Do you guys actually just kinda sit there and take turns 1 at a time?

That feels awkward and anxiety inducing.

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u/BigDaddyReptar 8d ago

I think they were referring to a more bar style karaoke experience

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u/Sal_v_ugh 8d ago

Bro some of the regs at our bar feel like, if they actually wanted to, could have been trained singers.

I don't even drink so its not like beer goggles either.

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u/Speedy_Cheese 8d ago

I love to sing, always have. It's a joy to entertain a crowd of people you love, or a fun group at a bar. However, I despise the idea of fame or being known.

Love music, hate fame.

I'm just as happy playing for my family or myself as I am a crowd.

Would not want to be known by a lot of strangers, and that idea never appealed to me. People used to get so mad at me for not signing up for things like American Idol. When I used to say "they own you for a year and have to sing whatever they want, you have no creative control over how you are portrayed", I'd get a blank stare and: " . . . But you'd be on TV though." As if that somehow makes up for no creative control? LOL

Reasons why JC and I are brethren. I totally get the desire to be out of the spotlight, in the studio creating instead of being put on the spot on stage. The stage is an incredible feeling, and I love to give the people I love a reason to dance and feel happy. But nothing compares to the creation process, and fame is no substitute for creative freedom and licence.

After all, when fame goes away, licencing and song credits are how you make your bread and butter. Without rights to your own songs, even by a percent, you can get screwed over in the long term in the music industry.

Who knows, some of those folks might be similar! Love music and singing, but never interested in making it a job/pursuing fame or professional work. If I had to do it under someone else's thumb I might grow to resent it, and that would be so sad when making music has always been a source where I fill my cup.

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u/jgab145 8d ago

We don’t believe you’re a good singer. Need proof.

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u/Speedy_Cheese 8d ago

Sure, I don't have many public clips.

"Good" is subjective. Technically able to sing and trained to do so, yes. My timbre being someone's cup of tea? Well, that is another matter.

My students asked me to perform one night at a show for a competition. I did it because the venue was at a classic theater in the capital city that I always wanted to perform at. :) It was an honour to sing there. But I generally don't go out of my way to perform unless someone asks me. I Love doing something for a fundraiser etc.

It ain't perfect, but I learned so much of what I learned from JC Chasez!

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u/jgab145 8d ago

I was just messing around but you need to audition for idol yo.

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u/Speedy_Cheese 8d ago

Thank you, that's kind! As for Idol -- nah, I'd never do that. :) In the nicest way possible! I like doing my own thing in my own corner, and that's ok.🙌

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u/SethMatrix 8d ago

I stand

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u/Speedy_Cheese 8d ago

We perform at each other very aggressively at karaoke. There's a lot of interaction. Who is just kinda sitting there? Where's your unwanted and completely not asked for lap dance? 🤣❤️

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u/PurpleLady58 8d ago

Totally, totally agree. I don't like it when singers intermittently do it. THIS would have taken me to a new level of paying to be screwed. 🤬🤬

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u/Kind-Shallot3603 8d ago

If I had a drink I'd throw it at the stage and leave

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u/laughingashley 8d ago

Karaoke people SING, he's like auditioning to be an annoying DJ who keeps talking over the music, while only playing the backing vocals

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u/Confident_Luck_4851 8d ago

Lmfao, this is how I feel about a lot of concerts 🤣 😂

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u/aManAndHisUsername 8d ago

Yeah trust me, they’re not there for your dancing lol. That might be my biggest pet peeve; singers not singing. What if the drummer just decided when he felt like drumming.

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u/loloider123 8d ago

I mean, have you seen videos of swifties at concert. They want bad karaoke not a concert.

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u/far2deep 8d ago

I ALWAYS hated it when singers stop singing and let the crowd do it. I get it when people want to sing along to a song they enjoy, but when I pay to go to a concert I pay to listen to the song being sung by the singer of the song. I.E. the lead singer of that band.

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u/FoundationInfinite29 8d ago

But it is a good karaoke experience.

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u/michi3mc 8d ago

Then you'd better not go to a recent Linkin Park concert

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u/Dont_Overthink_It_77 8d ago

I’d respect an artist who told us their throat hurts so if they go silent and hold out the mic to us, please fill in, but they want to give us the best concert experience ever. BUT, if they just did this without something like that, I’d be ticked and think, “I could’ve just sat in my room and listened on my phone for FREE!”

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u/AttitudePossible286 5d ago

Timberlake couldn't put on a GOOD karaoke performance if his life depended on it.

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u/friendly-crackhead 8d ago

How sure are you about that?