I know Iβve ranted about starset on here before, but Iβm genuinely starting to lose faith in them.
Because why in the HELL would you be so anti-AI in modern times and then all of sudden start posting AI generated music videos? Thatβd be like me saying βpollution is wrong and no one should ever do itβ and then chucking a plastic bottle into the ocean. Sure, you can cover it up by saying βWell big corporations and people do it all the time, Iβm just showing what they do while being against itβ, but in the end, you still contributed to the problem.
Thereβs a reason why starset fans always push fanart and fan creations out more than anything else. Itβs because we respect human effort. Hell, starset has a whole lyric video DEDICATED TO FAN CREATED ANIMATIONS AND DRAWINGS. If you already have something like that up, then it makes no sense for you to suddenly jump to using AI and dismissing it as βharmless.β
Itβs no secret that AI is replacing humans in many ways. Thatβs why this is so frustrating. As far as I know, dustin would commission many artists to help with art, production etc. And while Iβm sure he does still do that, thereβs no doubt that the artist heβs working with is using AI. Iβm not sure if they came out and said that the artist has came out and said so, but itβs painfully obvious that it is.
Go watch the newest MVs they have up on their channel (ESPECIALLY THAT GOD AWFUL HEAD OVER HEELS VIDEO, THAT ONE IS THE WORST) and youβll understand what I mean. It hurts to look at considering the imagery of their other videos.
Many of their old videos were seriously like short films that just happened to have music in the background. Go watch the βRicochetβ, βThe Breachβ, or the βHaloβ MVs especially, those stick out to me. Youβll feel the fact that those videos have insane effort behind them, like they have heart and soul. The βEchoβ video especially needs mentioning since the incredible artwork it has.
Iβm hoping starset as a band sees the complaints and changes, because Iβve been legitimately turned off from them now. And this is coming from someone who has a signed poster and used to only listen to them for the longest time. Nowadays Iβm just like βoh, starset droppedβ, and then I watch it maybe a week later. I used to be so excited when they dropped new music that I would drop everything I was doing to pay full attention to them.
So please, stop the AI art use. Idc if Iβm being overly sensitive about it, itβs been a hot issue for me since I have many friends who are incredible artists. I hate seeing such talented people being replaced by a soulless art machine who copied from the talented artists it wants to so desperately replace.