Green Day took a not-so-subtle dig at Will Smith as the musician and rapper faces accusations that he used artificial intelligence to beef up the look of his crowds in a recent video thanking fans.
On TikTok , the band shared a video from one of the recent shows on their South American tour that showed fans crammed up near the stage singing along to “Basket Case.” The video was cheekily captioned, “Don’t need AI for our crowds 😜.”
Smith is accused of using AI on a tour video of his own, which was shared on social media nearly two weeks ago, but only just recently caught the attention of the wider internet. At first glance, it seemed like a simple post celebrating fans, featuring a montage of crowd shots from his recent European run with the caption, “My favorite part of tour is s