--- description: The award-winning trio admitted to poorly lip syncing at the Academy of Country Music Awards, which didn't come as a surprise to fans. title: VIDEO: Rascal Flatts Admits to Lip Syncing at the ACM Awards image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49816cb0afae1285/698689cb1eebf73be93704d1/rascal-flatts-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # VIDEO: Rascal Flatts Admits to Lip Syncing at ACM Awards by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 9, 2014 3:14 PM CUT  by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 9, 2014 3:14 PM CUT We’re guessing Rascal Flatts wishes they could rewind their Sunday night performance of “Rewind” — the award-winning trio admitted to lip syncing at the [Academy of Country Music Awards](http://time.com/51613/acm-best-moments-in-2-minutes-video/ "undefined"), which didn’t come as a surprise to fans. The group posted a statement on Facebook and Twitter on Monday, saying: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/55527/rascal-flatts-lip-sync-acm-awards/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/55527/rascal-flatts-lip-sync-acm-awards/"},"headline":"VIDEO: Rascal Flatts Admits to Lip Syncing at ACM Awards","datePublished":"2014-04-09T15:14:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:12:57.058Z","description":"The band only confirmed what viewers already suspected","url":"https://time.com/55527/rascal-flatts-lip-sync-acm-awards/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49816cb0afae1285/698689cb1eebf73be93704d1/rascal-flatts-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49816cb0afae1285/698689cb1eebf73be93704d1/rascal-flatts-1280x720-jpg.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rascal Flatts 1280X720.jpg","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/55527/rascal-flatts-lip-sync-acm-awards/","name":"VIDEO: Rascal Flatts Admits to Lip Syncing at ACM Awards"}}]}] ```