Why can't a pop singer on stage, wearing earpieces, hear someone right next to her?
Please see https://youtu.be/P_6i0Js-aw4?t=184. This is Tiffany Young singing Not Barbie, on her Lips on Lips tour in San Francisco, dated March 15 2019.
As her fan (to her right) tries to speak to her, Tiffany appears to say, and I'm reading her lips (pun intended)
I can't hear you.
More detail from Tiffany's MBC Documentary: Good People Documentary Episode 342.
At 8 minutes 50 seconds, you can see Tiffany's earpieces better. But these screen captures are from her Denver, Colorado concert, not the San Francisco concert in the YouTube link. If the English subtitle is correct, Tiffany said "Cause of this, I can't hear very well".
3 answers
You are accessing this answer with a direct link, so it's being shown above all other answers regardless of its score. You can return to the normal view.
The following users marked this post as Works for me:
| User | Comment | Date |
|---|---|---|
| TextKit | (no comment) | Jun 18, 2023 at 03:19 |
They are In Ear Monitors (as opposed to monitors as speakers on the stage floor pointed at the performer) and they are commonly custom-molded to completely fill the outer ear.
The performer can typically create their own mix with levels of the other performers and their own adjusted to their preference. The fan would have to be speaking into a microphone that was in that mix to be heard by the performer.
0 comment threads
1 comment thread