Bad Lip Reading

about

Bad Lip Reading is a YouTube channel created and operated by an anonymous producer who produces comedic content by intentionally misinterpreting the lip movements of video clips. Rolling Stone described the channel as a notable success during the 2012 United States presidential cycle. As of March 2025, the channel had over 8.13 million subscribers and more than 1.5 billion video views. Some of the channel’s original songs are available on streaming platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music. The channel’s content typically involves taking scenes from films, television shows, or real-life events, replacing all original audio with foley sound effects, and dubbing the clips with invented dialogue crafted to match the subjects’ mouth movements, without concern for accuracy. In musical contexts, Bad Lip Reading produces new songs based on the original tempo and vocal rhythms of music videos, altering melodies and creating lyrics that reflect the performers’ lip movements rather than the original lyrics. The first Bad Lip Reading video was a parody of Rebecca Black’s "Friday," titled "Gang Fight," released in March 2011. This video featured new music and lyrics that made it appear as though Black was singing about gang warfare, earning a million views and attracting subscribers. Subsequent videos included reinterpretations of The Black Eyed Peas’ "Boom Boom Pow," Taylor Swift’s "Our Song," and Michael Bublé’s "Haven't Met You Yet," the latter transformed into "Russian Unicorn," wh

top songs

albums

Seagulls! (Stop it Now)

Bushes of Love

My Stick

Carl Poppa (feat. Carl G.)

Not the Future

Hostiles on the Hill

It's Not a Moon

Sample of My Pasta

Bouncy Ball (From "High School Musical: A Bad Lip Reading")

Don't Stare at the Sun (From "High School Musical: A Bad Lip Reading")

Russian Unicorn - Single

La-Bibbida-Bibba-Dum (On Broadway)

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