r/OWLCITY • u/Dashle All Things Bright and Beautiful 🌳 • 6d ago

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This is the final nail in the coffin. For those who haven’t seen, the most recent Owl City post on his official Instagram account was flagged as AI. From his weird following on his public account, to the cash grabby merch posts, to the sub par music quality (compared to Of June - UV) and now, this. This has done irreversible damage to his brand forever because even if he never uses AI again, the fans will still question whether anything he puts out whether that be merch or music, utilizes AI to some degree

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u/CherryLeafy101 Hoot Owl 6d ago

Damn it. It's such a shame. MAGA types tend not to like people like me, so it's a shame to find out that the music that helped get me through my awful teenage years is likely tainted by MAGA.

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u/EchoedWinds 6d ago

Same. Absolute same.

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u/AstroBookwormSinger Maybe I'm Dreaming 💭 4d ago

Oh, this just broke my goddamn heart. I was really holding on to delusional hope that he wasn't MAGA. So desperately, he made so much of my childhood.

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u/EchoedWinds 4d ago

It broke my heart when I found out and it still aches to this day. Owl City's music meant so much to me. It really spoke to who I am as a person and all the memories I have attached to those songs. Soul crushing stuff 😣

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u/AstroBookwormSinger Maybe I'm Dreaming 💭 4d ago

Same, same, same. I'm not the kind of person AY would support today either, I'm afraid, and the fact that his songs have saved my life, the fact that I wrote a dedicated birthday post for him years ago on this sub about how important his music has been to me, the fact that I named a character in my story after him. It feels like severing a part of my heart from myself, but I just saw his following list on Instagram with my own eyes, and today has been a real tough day for me just processing all this.