How are music videos edited to make the artist appear like they are singing in slow motion when the song is playing at normal speed?

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Example: Yellow by Coldplay

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Music videos are lip-synching. They song is played and the artist sings along. To get this slow mo effect, the music is played back at a higher speed. Then when the video is matched to the normal speed of the music, the motion appears slow, but the lips are moving at the speed of the song, now playing back at normal speed. Some artists do this in reverse too, with the music playback speed super slow, so they look like they’re moving frenetically fast.