!! OMG, Spotify strikes back against AI artists with ‘AI Persona’ label !!
Starting in mid-September, any artist profile Spotify flags as a photorealistic AI-generated identity, once it clears a certain audience size, gets the badge slapped on its page, its search listing, and every track row it shows up in.
The music stays up, but it loses its spot in Spotify’s editorial and algorithmic recommendations, so no more free rides onto Discover Weekly unless someone already follows the act. People behind AI artists can get ahead of it by self-disclosing starting today, and anyone flagged by mistake gets to appeal.
So the robots can still release albums on Spotify, they just can’t sneak into your recommendations without a badge announcing what they are!
!! OMG, HOT: Luigi Mangione in New York State court for his final appearance before trial !!
Not thirst traps! Just normal courtroom piccys. BUT basically same same.
Find the full gallery of Luigi‘s latest court appearance after the jump!
!! OMG, Martha Stewart dyes her blond hair rose gold pink !!
The 85-year-old debuted the new color on Insta, courtesy of celebrity stylist Chris Appleton, who swapped out her signature light blonde bob for a soft, glossy rose wash rather than anything bubblegum.
Appleton captioned the joint post “Welcome to the rose gold era,” set over audio of Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada 2. Martha is 85 and still the one setting the trend! Check out the cute pics after the jump!
!! OMG, he’s naked: Joseph Olivennes in DOMINOES !!
Olivennes shows up in the 2016 French short “Dominoes” (home title “Les nouvelles folies françaises”), a 36-minute film from writer-director Thomas Blanchard.
Check it him after the NSFW jump!
!! OMG, new video: Chris Cool ‘So Hard’ !!
Pop singer/songwriter Chris Cool is always pushing boundaries and buttons with his work, and the video for his latest single “So Hard” is pushing it all, well… hard. And we’re here for it.
Shot by by cinematographer Lyana Leblanc (@tunedamour), who collaborated with Chris on the surreal video for his single “BFFF” (watch it here), the video explores what happens when you welcome the darkness in.
Chris explains:
“When life gives you voices, you make art with them. But more specifically, you don’t try to pretend they’re not real, you materialize them, give them a seat at the table, hear them out, but also make sure they’re tied up and they know who’s the boss.”
References abound—Britney’s TMZ era bob, the buffet scene in LOTR: Return of the King, Julianne Moore’s lips in A Single Man—adding colour and depth to Chris’s twisted vision:
“[“So Hard”] is a wake up call from my fierce self to my depressed self. The emo boy in me sometimes needs tough self-love. I wanted to channel this side of Chris Cool that helps kick me in the butt and overcomes anxiety. Turns out that dom side of me also has toxic traits. Like the aggro boyfriend that you don’t wanna be around when he crashes out. I love a dark, twisted character that’s also protective and makes you snap out of the paralysis self-doubt can cause.”
“So Hard” is the latest single from Chris Cool’s upcoming album Lord Take My Load, out October 9th on Breakglass Records.
Watch the video for “So Hard” after the jump!
!! OMG, Angelina Jolie’s brother James Haven comes out at 53 !!
James Haven, the man permanently frozen in our memory as kissing his sister on the 2000 Oscars red carpet – has come out as gay at 53!
He announced it on a Substack livestream, sitting next to his ex-wife, who happens to be Romi Imbelli of The Real L Word… so. She was right there beside him while he read it out loud.
Frankly, this seems like the healthiest thing to happen on the internet this week! James’s letter itself said:
“Like so many gay kids, I learned to question parts of myself long before I learned to celebrate them,” he wrote, before landing on the line every late-in-life coming out deserves: “Coming out isn’t about becoming someone new, it’s about allowing everyone else to meet the person who has been here all along.”
Fifty-three and finally in the driver’s seat. It’s never too late. Welcome, James!