The VERZUZ clash between Teddy Riley and Babyface was easily one of the platform’s most anticipated.
Yet, what was billed as a fun-filled battle of bops ended in an embarrassing melee.
Details below…
With over 500,000 watching live on Instagram, it quickly became apparent that there were technical issues on Riley’s side.
Spectators, including countless celebs, begged for intervention of his robust setup, which included multiple microphones – due to nagging lagging and distracting echos.
Yet, in each instance that the action was stopped to restart, the issues would persist.
After a while, Riley’s very visible team of assistants announced a 30 minute hiatus – an hour after the the chaotic live began.
However, Babyface jumped on his IG to announce he would not be returning. Instead, positing the notion of picking it up on a day where there were no issues.
His video statement:
Sigh.
Much respect to Teddy, but his approach was the ultimate instance of “when doing the most delivers the least.”
A whole mess.
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Lady Gaga talks about Camila and Shawn: “I love you two so much, you’re beautiful. Thank you so much”.
Queen of pop, lady gaga praising Camila singing.
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Where is normani?
Million dollar question nobody can answer.
Why dont they Invite her to these live concerts?
Fad
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Your hate for Normani is as pathetic as your existence. I’m not a fan of anyone mentioned but I’m sure I speak for everyone in the comment section when I say SHUT THE F UP!!!! ??
The songs were just too FIRE for the system to handle ? ? Hopefully they do it again soon…Hey Siri, play my girl Pebbles’ Giving You The Benefit ? ???
Giving You The Benefit, yesssss!!! ???
.@Camila_Cabello’s and @ShawnMendes’s “Senorita” has shot up 32 places on iTunes to #99 following their performance.
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Camila has 2 songs on the iTunes 100
We love to see it
Where is normani?
Point normani out to me on the billboard hot 100, spotify 100 and iTunes 100.
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Teddy was doing way too much, and the end result was nothing. The extra bells and whistles were a waste of time. Hopefully Teddy realizes less is more.
The fact that half a million people tuned in is amazing! Babyface is such my hero! I’m sad this happened. What happened to just sitting on the laptop and pressing the space bar? We still love you Teddy! Appreciate the effort some nice laughs!