The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin performs at The Fox Theatre on March 5, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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ABC News caught up with the Queen of Soul to discuss Beyoncégate, and Aretha is really enjoying this: “When I heard [she lip-synched] I just really cracked up. I thought it was really funny, but she did a beautiful job with the pre-record.†As for her own inauguration performance in 2009, Franklin says she “wanted to give people the real thing and pre-recording never crossed [her] mind.†She added that “next time†she probably would lip-synch. Anyway, this is what Inaugural Authenticity sounds like.