AI glasses have a new hater: Lorde
Lorde criticized AI-enabled glasses during a Thursday festival set."Don't get the glasses. Not sexy," she said.It comes as companies try to make sexy-looking AI consumer tech.In 2021, Lorde sang about throwing her own "cellular device in the water."She might want to chuck your high-tech glasses in the waves, too.During a Thursday performance at Madrid's Mad Cool Festival, the singer-songwriter delivered a blunt verdict on the wearable technology."Can I just say, for the record, fuck the glasses," she said between songs.
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Lorde criticized AI-enabled glasses during a Thursday festival set."Don't get the glasses. Not sexy," she said.It comes as companies try to make sexy-looking AI consumer tech.In 2021, Lorde sang about throwing her own "cellular device in the water."She might want to chuck your high-tech glasses in the waves, too.During a Thursday performance at Madrid's Mad Cool Festival, the singer-songwriter delivered a blunt verdict on the wearable technology."Can I just say, for the record, fuck the glasses," she said between songs. Not sexy."lorde saying fuck meta glasses in a festival that was sponsored by rayban meta AI glasses how can you not love her pic.twitter.com/HWsHZHP9AE— ana ✿ (@livinings) July 10, 2026 Lorde did not name Meta, Ray-Ban, or a specific pair of AI-enabled glasses. Representatives for the singer did not immediately respond to Business Insider's questions about her comments.Still, the setting gave the remarks a lot of subtext.Ray-Ban sponsored the festival and promoted its smart glasses there.
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- Lorde criticized AI-enabled glasses during a Thursday festival set."Don't get the glasses. Not sexy," she said.It comes as companies try to make sexy-looking AI consumer tech.In 2021, Lorde sang about throwing her own "cellular device in the water."She might want to chuck your high-tech glasses in the waves, too.During a Thursday performance at Madrid's Mad Cool Festival, the singer-songwriter delivered a blunt verdict on the wearable technology."Can I just say, for the record, fuck the glasses," she said between songs.
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