Overview
- During a Madrid festival set, Lorde told the crowd, “Can I just say, for the record, fuck the glasses,” and urged people not to buy them.
- The comment gained extra resonance because the festival was sponsored by Ray‑Ban and Blackpink’s Jennie, a Ray‑Ban Meta ambassador, performed on the same stage.
- Meta’s consumer glasses, sold through its EssilorLuxottica partnership, are marketed to answer questions, play audio, and capture photos and video and are priced at about $299.
- EssilorLuxottica reported selling more than 7 million AI‑enabled Ray‑Ban and Oakley glasses last year, even as other celebrities have publicly both promoted and denounced the devices.
- Reports say Meta may be exploring a ‘super sensing’ always‑recording model, a development described as unconfirmed by the company that has intensified privacy advocates’ warnings about bystander surveillance and social stigma.