Lorde says Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are ‘not sexy’

Lorde was performing astatine the Real Cool Festival successful Madrid connected Thursday and took immoderate clip during her group to speak retired against AI glasses. While she didn’t specify immoderate brands successful particular, it’s apt she was taking a changeable astatine show sponsor Ray-Ban, which has collaborated pinch Meta connected a brace of AI smartglasses.

The comments were captured successful videos shared to societal media. After thanking the crowd for being location and taking portion successful “something real,” she said that it was progressively difficult to cognize is and isn’t real, earlier saying “You don’t cognize if personification is wearing sunglasses aliases if they’re wearing those fucked up fucking… Can I conscionable say, for the record, fuck the glasses. Don’t get the glasses. Not sexy.”

The comments travel arsenic Meta faces renewed scrutiny complete its smart glasses. And, moreover successful the look of that backlash, it is still reportedly readying to motorboat a brace of “super sensing” glasses that are continuously recording.

According to Stereogum, Lorde was followed connected shape by Blackpink’s Jennie, who is simply a Ray-Ban Meta AI ambassador and has been featured successful advertizing campaigns connected Instagram and successful a video screened betwixt sets astatine Real Cool.