"[8] Lyrically, "Read My Lips" is a double entendre-filled cunnilingus ode,[10] with the singer singing, "So we're staying in tonight, everybody is going out, can we sit this one out, baby?
"[12] Musically, "Read My Lips" is a mid-tempo[13] "perky" electropop,[10] "80s-inflected" synth song,[14] featuring "sunshine-y" chords and "bouncy", half-organic drums,[15] with Jon Caramanica of The New York Times calling it "girl-group future-soul.
"[11] Tim Finney of Pitchfork analyzed that the song is "delivered with such frothy, wide-eyed innocence that it’s hard even to notice the subject matter.
"[18] Pip Elwood of Entertainment Focus called it one of the album's best moments, writing that it's "beat-heavy and catchy, where Ciara uses her sweeter vocal tone whilst still conveying plenty of attitude.
[19] Nick Henderson of Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that "Read My Lips", "finds Cici in full-on bubblegum mode, doing "Disney Teenstar Young-Girl" better than some people who actually fit that description, telling the listener to 'savor it, savor it' in an adolescent whine totally void of the emotional drive and minor-key iciness that typifies a Ciara vocal, a naive devotional that's positively and uncannily Taylor Swift.
"[15] Lauren Martin of Fact wrote that the song "sounds strictly PG, with the sugary sweet beat bounces down a Demi Lovato route with the insipid 'I’ll make you something real nice', instead of honing in on the sweatbox sultriness.
"[20] Robert Copsey of Digital Spy called it "an eye-poppingly explicit number that, despite its earworm hooks and killer chorus, is unlikely to soar up the charts in the current climate.
"[21] Rob Harvilla also of Spin was not favorable, writing that the song "would've benefited greatly from even 90 seconds of R. Kelly's undivided attention and sounds like something Miley Cyrus would put out if she was consciously trying to break the Internet," recommending "Read My Lips", "primarily to 12-year-olds.
Following the interview, Ciara performed a brief acoustic set featuring tracks from her self-titled album, including "Overdose", "DUI" and "Read My Lips.