'Force me to do Karaoke?': Non-singer pressured to perform at show-off's karaoke party, cue malicious compliance

Karaoke is not for everyone, and it's ten times worse when you have an actual good singer present. We all know why that is. They hog the microphone, they take it too seriously, they pick obscure songs (probably musical theater), and belt crazy notes that don't actually sound as good as they think. In short, karaoke is only fun when everyone in the group is on the same page about what this is. You can either have a room full of show-offs and legitimate singers, or you can have a room full of non-singers. Anywhere in between could be a recipe for danger.

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/Iborrador, who begrudgingly attended a friend's party where he was forced to participate in karaoke. He complied but only in a way that would reveal how silly this self-obsessed "singer" was acting. For his song, he chose the band Polyphia. For those of you who didn't know (I didn't), Polyphia is an instrumental band. So, this dude did participate like he was supposed to while also managing not to sing a word.

Our self-obsessed "singer" host was ticked off for sure, and when she organized the next party, she made him sing something with lyrics. Of course, our Redditor managed to get away with another form of karaoke sabotage. Keep scrolling below for the rest of the story and for some funny karaoke suggestions from folks in the comments section. For more tales of malicious compliance, check out this post about a fast food worker who was told never to talk back to their manager.

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Posted by BenWeiss