Bad Lip Reading - wikipedia Bad Lip Reading Bad Lip Reading YouTube information Channel BadLipReading Years active 2011 -- present Genre Comedy Subscribers 6.6 million Total views 967 million Subscriber and view counts updated as of January 30, 2018. Bad Lip Reading ( abbreviated as BLR ) is a YouTube channel, run by an anonymous individual in the music production business, that spoofs clips from films, TV shows, songs, sports, and political news stories by overdubbing humorous vocal work that matches the lip movements of the targets. Rolling Stone described the channel as `` the breakout hit '' of the 2012 United States presidential cycle. As of January 2018, the Bad Lip Reading YouTube channel had amassed over 6.5 million subscribers and over 942 million views across its videos. Contents 1 History 2 Copyright dispute 3 Videos 3.1 Based on songs 3.2 Based on movies and TV shows 3.3 Other videos 4 References 5 External links History The `` Bad Lip Reader '' behind the channel is an anonymous music and video producer originally from Texas. The first Bad Lip Reading video released was a spoof of Rebecca Black 's song `` Friday '', entitled `` Gang Fight ''. New music and lyrics were matched to Black 's video to make it appear as though she were singing about gang warfare. The `` Gang Fight '' YouTube video, released in March 2011, earned BLR a million hits and thousands of subscribers. More spoof videos followed, including interpretations of The Black Eyed Peas ' `` Boom Boom Pow '' ( a viral video called `` Everybody Poops '' ) ; Taylor Swift 's `` Our Song '' ; and Michael Bublé 's `` Have n't Met You Yet ''. The latter was transformed into the `` electronica - inspired '' `` Russian Unicorn '', which Bublé himself praised as his `` new favorite song '' and `` one of the coolest things I 've ever seen ''. In September 2011, BLR branched out from pop singers to politicians with a `` bad lip - reading '' of Texas governor and US Presidential hopeful Rick Perry. BLR replaced clips of Perry with invented dialogue matched to his lip movements. After airing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the video was featured by news and media outlets across the United States, leading to a sudden surge in Bad Lip Reading 's popularity. Following the Perry spoof, BLR released bad lip - readings of President Obama, Republican presidential candidates Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum. The channel found even more success in November 2012 when it began overdubbing popular movie and television shows. BLR 's version of Twilight quickly went viral, followed by parodies of The Hunger Games ; The Walking Dead ; and Game of Thrones. The videos have been well - received not only by the public, but also by the cast and creators of the properties being spoofed. In her online blog, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Lawrence 's co-star in The Hunger Games, said, `` Bad Lip Reading is awesome. I was introduced to it by none other than Jennifer Lawrence. Yup -- she saw this, people. And she laughed. And so did I. A lot. '' Lawrence 's co-star Josh Hutcherson also praised the video, tweeting it to his fans. The cast and creators of The Walking Dead have publicly praised the Bad Lip Reading `` Walking Dead '' videos on several occasions. Expanding his scope yet again, in January 2013 BLR released a bad lip - reading of National Football League players, coaches, and referees, which would go on to become the channel 's most popular video. A second NFL video followed in 2014, and a third was released in 2015. The NFL Bad Lip Reading video would go on to become an annual event for the channel, with each video being released shortly before the Super Bowl each year. In December of 2015, Bad Lip Reading simultaneously released three new videos, one for each of the three films in the original Star Wars trilogy. These videos found BLR using guest voices for the first time, featuring Jack Black as Darth Vader, Maya Rudolph as Princess Leia, and Bill Hader in multiple roles. The Empire Strikes Back BLR video featured a scene of Yoda singing to Luke about an unfortunate encounter with a seagull on the beach. BLR would later expand this scene into a full - length standalone song known as `` Seagulls ! ( Stop It Now ) '', which was released in November 2016 ( eventually hitting # 1 on the Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks chart. ) As of late 2017, the `` Seagulls ! '' video is Bad Lip Reading 's second most viewed YouTube upload, and most popular musical production. In the song, Yoda sings to Luke Skywalker about the dangers posed by vicious seagulls if one dares to go to the beach. Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars films, publicly praised `` Seagulls ! '' ( and Bad Lip Reading in general ) while speaking at Star Wars Celebration in 2017 : `` I love them, and I showed Carrie ( Fisher ) the Yoda one... we were dying. I showed it to her in her trailer. She loved it. I retweeted it... and ( BLR ) contacted me and said ' Do you want to do Bad Lip Reading ? ' And I said, ' I 'd love to... ' ''. Hamill and Bad Lip Reading would go on to collaborate on Bad Lip Reading 's version of The Force Awakens, with Hamill providing the voice of Han Solo. The Star Wars Trilogy Bad Lip Reading videos also spawned a second musical number titled `` Bushes of Love '', which featured Ben Kenobi singing to Luke Skywalker about the perils of love. The song would hit # 2 on the Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks chart. Hamilton creator and star Lin - Manuel Miranda described the song as `` THE summer jam of 2017 ''. In January 2017, BLR released a Bad Lip Reading of Donald Trump 's inauguration, which quickly went viral, amassing over 36 million views in 2017 alone. YouTube would rank the video at # 7 on its list of the Top Ten Trending Videos of 2017. In a Rolling Stone interview, the producer behind the Bad Lip Reading videos said that he first encountered the technique of lip reading when his mother, then in her 40s, lost her hearing due to unknown causes. While she excelled at lip reading, he was unable to pick up the skill despite trying : `` I was terrible at it. '' In 2013, Bad Lip Reading won the Webby Awards ' People 's Voice Award for `` Comedy : Long Form or Series ''. In April 2014, BLR won the American Comedy Award for Best Viral Video for its `` NFL : A Bad Lip Reading '' video. Patrick Stewart accepted the award on BLR 's behalf during the televised ceremony on NBC. On June 8, 2014 the BLR Facebook page announced the release of the full version of `` Modify '' by Kniles, a song that has been used in multiple BLR productions. The fact that this song was used without previous attribution, as well as stylistic similarities to other BLR - produced songs, have prompted speculation that Kniles is another pseudonym for the individual behind Bad Lip Reading. A Bad Lip Reading of the Disney Channel original movie High School Musical premiered as a half - hour special on July 11, 2016 on Disney XD. Copyright dispute One of Bad Lip Reading 's works, `` Dirty Spaceman '', a redubbing of `` Check It Out '' by Will.i.am featuring Nicki Minaj, was taken down due to a claim of copyright infringement. It is unclear if Universal Music issued a formal DMCA takedown request or if YouTube 's Content ID Match system detected the work and removed it automatically. Also, in March 2012, the video `` Beard With Glue, '' a bad lip reading of `` You 're Beautiful '' by James Blunt, was taken down by Warner Music Group on a copyright claim. Unlike `` Dirty Spaceman '', the claim was soon released, and the video was returned. Likewise, `` Gang Fight '' was taken down in 2011, but returned. UMG has also taken down `` Rockin ' All Nite Long '', the Taylor Swift spoof that also features Wiz Khalifa. Videos Based on songs Artist Featuring Original song ( s ) Release date ( s ) BLR song Upload date Rebecca Black `` Friday '' Mar 14, 2011 `` Gang Fight '' Mar 21, 2011 Justin Bieber Rascal Flatts `` That Should Be Me '' Mar 19, 2010 `` Asian Baby '' Mar 24, 2011 Black Eyed Peas `` Boom Boom Pow '' Mar 30, 2009 `` Everybody Poops '' Mar 29, 2011 Miley Cyrus Snoop Dogg `` Party in the U.S.A. '', `` Boom '' Aug 11, 2009 ; Mar 8, 2011 `` Black Umbrella ( The Right Stuff ) '' Apr 7, 2011 Ludacris The Bee Gees `` My Chick Bad '', `` Too Much Heaven '' Feb 23, 2010 ; Oct 24, 1978 `` Magic Man '' Apr 18, 2011 Justin Bieber Rascal Flatts `` That Should Be Me '' Mar 19, 2010 `` Hot Jumping Beans '' May 1, 2011 Taylor Swift `` Our Song '' Aug 22, 2007 `` ( Rockin ' ) All Nite Long '' May 29, 2011 Michael Bublé `` Have n't Met You Yet '' Aug 31, 2009 `` Russian Unicorn '' Jul 11, 2011 Bruno Mars Lady Gaga, Jay - Z `` The Lazy Song '', `` Alejandro '', `` Empire State of Mind '', `` Do It Again ( Put Ya Hands Up ) '' Feb 15, 2011 ; Apr 20, 2010 ; Oct 20, 2009 ; Dec 14, 1999 `` Morning Dew '' Aug 8, 2011 Barack Obama N / A N / A `` Trick the Bridesmaid '' Sep 19, 2011 will.i.am Nicki Minaj `` Check It Out '' Sept 3, 2010 `` Dirty Spaceman '' Oct 1, 2011 James Blunt `` You 're Beautiful '' May 30, 2005 `` Beard with Glue '' Oct 28, 2011 Gotye Kimbra `` Somebody That I Used to Know '' Jul 5, 2011 `` Kicked Your Monkey '' May 3, 2012 Double Take `` Hot Problems '' Apr 15, 2012 `` Time to Rock '' May 16, 2012 Coldplay `` In My Place '' Aug 5, 2002 `` Yeti '' Jul 24, 2012 One Direction `` Gotta Be You '' Nov 11, 2011 `` SHADOW PICO Trailer '' Dec 27, 2012 Beyoncé `` The Star - Spangled Banner '' Jan 21, 2013 `` La Fway '' Jan 26, 2013 Carl Grimes Oct 10, 2012 `` Carl Poppa '' Oct 2, 2014 Obi - Wan Kenobi Luke Skywalker, R2 - D2 N / A N / A `` Bushes of Love '' Jan 1, 2016 N / A Luke Skywalker, C - 3PO, Chewbacca, R2 - D2 N / A N / A `` Not The Future '' Feb 9, 2016 Yoda Luke Skywalker, R2 - D2 N / A N / A `` SEAGULLS ! ( Stop It Now ) '' Nov 25, 2016 Luke Skywalker General Veers, Wedge Antilles, Zev Senesca N / A N / A `` Hostiles on the Hill '' Dec 18, 2017 Grand Moff Tarkin Leia Organa, Obi - Wan Kenobi, General Tagge, Admiral Motti, Saw Gerrera, Luke Skywalker N / A N / A `` It 's Not A Moon '' Mar 12, 2018 Donald Trump `` The Star - Spangled Banner '' Jan 8, 2018 `` Trump Anthem '' Jan 9, 2013 Based on movies and TV shows Film / TV show Release date BLR title ( s ) Upload date ( s ) High School Jun 1, 2012 A BLR of a scene from `` High School '' May 30, 2012 Veep Apr 22, 2012 Selina Meyer - A BLR Sound Bite from `` VEEP '' Jun 4, 2012 Jeff, Who Lives at Home Mar 16, 2012 Jeff, Who Lives at Home Jul 6, 2012 Twilight Nov 28, 2008 Edward and Bella Sept 4, 2012 The Hunger Games Mar 23, 2012 The Hunger Games Sept 20, 2012 The Campaign Aug 10, 2012 Iraqi Gold Oct 26, 2012 The Twilight Saga : New Moon Nov 20, 2009 More Twilight Nov 21, 2012 The Amazing Spider - Man Jul 3, 2012 Peter and Gwen Mar 4, 2013 The Walking Dead Oct 31, 2010 The Walking ( And Talking ) Dead May 2, 2013 More Walking ( And Talking ) Dead : Part 1 Sept 25, 2014 More Walking ( And Talking ) Dead : Part 2 Oct 10, 2014 Game of Thrones Apr 17, 2011 Medieval Land Fun - Time World -- Extended Trailer Oct 16, 2013 Bonus and Extended Scenes -- Medieval Land Fun - Time World Oct 22, 2013 The Twilight Saga : Eclipse Jun 24, 2010 Twilight III Apr 24, 2014 American Idol Jun 11, 2002 Sing - Song Contest of America May 22, 2014 The Hunger Games : Catching Fire Nov 22, 2013 More Hunger Games Nov 27, 2014 Obsidiots : Live From District 11 Nov 27, 2014 The Avengers May 4, 2012 Redneck Avengers : Tulsa Nights May 23, 2015 Star Wars May 25, 1977 Star Wars : A Bad Lip Reading Dec 16, 2015 The Empire Strikes Back May 21, 1980 The Empire Strikes Back : A Bad Lip Reading Dec 16, 2015 Return of the Jedi May 25, 1983 Return of the Jedi : A Bad Lip Reading Dec 16, 2015 High School Musical Jan 20, 2006 High School Musical : A Bad Lip Reading Jul 11, 2016 The Force Awakens Dec 18, 2015 THE FORCE AWAKENS : A Bad Lip Reading ( Featuring Mark Hamill as Han Solo ) Apr 6, 2017 Narcos Aug 28, 2015 `` SOY PABLO '' Extended Trailer Sept 13, 2017 Descendants Jul 31, 2015 Bad Lip Reading Presents : Descendants Nov 18, 2017 Stranger Things Jul 15, 2016 `` STRANGER THINGS : A Bad Lip Reading '' Dec 9, 2017 Other videos BLR title Featuring Upload date Rick Perry Rick Perry Sept 18, 2011 Michele Bachmann Michele Bachmann Oct 3, 2011 Mitt Romney Mitt Romney Oct 14, 2011 Herman Cain Herman Cain Oct 28, 2011 Ron Paul Ron Paul Dec 5, 2011 Rick Santorum Rick Santorum Jan 31, 2012 Newt Gingrich Newt Gingrich Feb 7, 2012 Joe Biden Joe Biden Apr 16, 2012 A Bad Lip Reading of Rick Perry 's `` Strong '' Ad Rick Perry May 22, 2012 Bush & Clinton Bill Clinton, George W. Bush June 28, 2012 More Mitt Mitt Romney Aug 13, 2012 Paul Ryan 's Video Diary Paul Ryan Oct 2, 2012 Eye of the Sparrow Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Jim Lehrer Oct 9, 2012 2012 Debate Highlights Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Paul Ryan, Martha Raddatz, Bob Schieffer Nov 6, 2012 The NFL : A Bad Lip Reading Jan 15, 2013 Inauguration 2013 : A Bad Lip Reading Barack Obama, John Roberts, Beyoncé Jan 24, 2013 2013 Independent Spirit Awards : Best Screenplay Nominees Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Sam Rockwell, Olga Kurylenko, Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Tilda Swinton, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth Feb 26, 2013 More NFL Jan 24, 2014 NFL 2015 Highlights from the 2014 NFL season Jan 22, 2015 First Republican Debate Highlights : 2015 Bret Baier, Megyn Kelly, Chris Wallace, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Scott Walker, Rand Paul Aug 19, 2015 First Democratic Debate Highlights : 2015 Anderson Cooper, Bernie Sanders, Martin O'Malley, Hillary Clinton, Jim Webb, Lincoln Chafee Oct 28, 2015 NFL 2016 : Part One Highlights from the 2015 NFL season Feb 2, 2016 NFL 2016 : Part Two Feb 5, 2016 Ted Cruz Ted Cruz Mar 1, 2016 Bernie & Hillary Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Wolf Blitzer Apr 21, 2016 Cruz Talks Trump Ted Cruz Jul 25, 2016 Democratic National Convention Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Michelle Obama, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Chelsea Clinton, Alicia Keys Aug 19, 2016 Debate Night ! Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Lester Holt Oct 6, 2016 Presidential Poetry Slam Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Martha Raddatz Oct 21, 2016 Inauguration Day Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Mike Pence, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Michelle Obama, Melania Trump, Hillary Clinton, Karen Pence Jan 25, 2017 NFL 2017 Highlights from the 2016 NFL season Feb 1, 2017 Mayweather vs. McGregor Floyd Mayweather, Conor McGregor Jul 14, 2017 Christmas is Here ! Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Donald Trump animatronic Dec 27, 2017 NFL 2018 Feb 3, 2018 Interrogating Zuckerberg Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Nelson, Chuck Grassley, Roy Blunt, Gary Peters, Maria Cantwell, Patrick Leahy, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Jon Tester, Ben Sasse, Sheldon Whitehouse, John Kennedy, Tom Udall, Dan Sullivan Apr 24, 2018 References ^ Jump up to : Dickinson, Tim ( October 7, 2011 ). `` Exclusive : The Bad Lip Reader Speaks ''. Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 13, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011. Jump up ^ Bell, Melissa ( October 18, 2011 ). `` Bad Lip Reading : behind the viral videos everyone 's talking about ''. Washington Post. Retrieved June 9, 2012. Jump up ^ Pinto, Nick. `` Bad Lip Reading : An Interview With the Man Behind The Beautiful Nonsense ''. Village Voice. Retrieved 2016 - 03 - 30. Jump up ^ `` Bad Lip Reading Translates Rick Perry, Gets It About Right ''. The Huffington Post. September 27, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Michael Bublé Live On Ustream ''. Ustream.tv. Retrieved October 13, 2011. Jump up ^ Bublé, Michael ( July 21, 2011 ). `` Michael Bublé Video Reply : Russian Unicorn ''. YouTube. Retrieved October 13, 2011. Jump up ^ Macarthur, Amber ( September 30, 2011 ). `` Why Bad Lip Reading is way more awesome than Auto - Tune The News ''. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 13, 2011. Jump up ^ Frauenfelder, Mark ( October 4, 2011 ). `` Michele Bachmann honored by Bad Lip Reading ''. Boing Boing. Retrieved October 13, 2011. Jump up ^ `` Bad Lip Reading : The NFL Like You 've Never Heard It ''. MTV. 2013 - 01 - 16. Retrieved 2013 - 02 - 01. Jump up ^ `` ' The NFL : A Bad Lip Reading ' stars Adrian Peterson, Tom Brady and more ( VIDEO ) ''. Sporting News. 2013 - 01 - 16. Retrieved 2013 - 02 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Check out the latest edition of NFL Bad Lip Reading ''. Retrieved 7 January 2018. Jump up ^ `` Bad Lip Reading Facebook ''. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks Sales 12 - 17 - 2016 ''. Jump up ^ Parker, Ryan ( April 6, 2017 ). `` Mark Hamill Does an Outstanding Han Solo in ' Bad Lip Reading ' Installment ''. Hollywood Reporter. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Comedy Digital Tracks January 23, 2016 ''. Billboard.com. Jump up ^ Miranda, Lin - Manuel. `` Lin - Manuel Miranda Twitter ''. Jump up ^ `` YouTube Reveals 2017 Top Viral and Music Videos ''. Variety. Jump up ^ `` Bad Lip Reading - A lot of people have asked about the... Facebook ''. www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017 - 03 - 20. Jump up ^ Masnick, Mike. `` Universal Uses Copyright To Censor Bad Lip Reading Parody ; Why Not Embrace It ? ''. techdirt. Retrieved 21 March 2012. Jump up ^ `` CRUZ TALKS TRUMP '' -- A Bad Lip Reading of Ted Cruz on YouTube External links Official website Bad Lip Reading 's channel on YouTube MusicBrainz : f3278fc5 - 9e86 - 447a - a004 - 01d66ae01125 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bad_Lip_Reading&oldid=838246224 '' Categories : American Internet celebrities Internet memes Maker Studios channels YouTube channels launched in 2011 Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2015 Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 25 April 2018, at 20 : 42. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: how do they make bad lip reading videos
Answer: overdubbing humorous vocal work that matches the lip movements of the targets