Lorde says AI glasses are “not sexy”
Pop star Lorde publicly criticized Meta's AI-integrated smart glasses during a festival performance, citing privacy concerns and aesthetic disapproval. Despite celebrity pushback and ongoing privacy investigations, the product has seen strong sales, with over 7 million units sold in 2025.
Why it matters
The tension between consumer demand for wearable AI and growing public concern over privacy and surveillance remains a significant issue in the tech industry.
While Kylie Jenner serves as a human billboard for Meta’s AI glasses, pop star Lorde isn’t buying it.
During a set at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid last week, Lorde had some choice words about the new technology, which many security experts have deemed a privacy nightmare .
“Increasingly in our world, it gets harder and harder to know what is real,” Lorde told the audience. “You don’t know if someone is wearing sunglasses, or if they’re wearing those f–ed up, f–ing [AI glasses]. Can I just say, for the record, f— the glasses. Don’t get the glasses. Not sexy.”
Lorde has written before about throwing her phone into the ocean , but this was next level.
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