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Usher responds to viral ‘clone’ discourse: ‘AI ain’t that advanced’
Usher says his aura can’t be duplicated after fans began speculating that the “Confessions” singer hired a stunt double for his concert over the weekend.
The viral discourse began after fans shared videos of Usher, 47, performing at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Grammy winner is currently on a months-long The R&B Tour, which he is co-headlining with Chris Brown.
In an Aug. 8 TikTok video with nearly 700,000 views, a concertgoer posted footage of Usher singing and dancing to his hit songs, “Caught Up” and “Bad Girl,” with a caption saying “that is NOT usher!”
In another video, someone shared the same segment and questioned, “Y’all, is this Usher or his body double Gusher?”
During the performance, Usher was wearing a cap and sunglasses, which hid his face. He cleared the air about the clone accusations in the comments section of an Instagram post that the tour’s official Instagram page reposted.
“Ya’ll are funny…clone? They can’t clone thiss?” Usher wrote with laughing emojis. “How ya’ll come up with this? AI ain’t that advanced.”
Usher gives couples spotlight during popular concert segment
Usher also went viral over the weekend for changing up his “Can U Handle It?” serenade segment to highlight couples.
A video shared by radio personality Mina SayWhat shows Usher standing to the side and singing his song while the couple danced. At one point, the singer gave the man a cherry to feed to his girlfriend, and they shared a smooch.
It comes weeks after the serenade segment became a trending topic when it turned awkward at the tour stop in Nashville, Tennessee.
During the performance, the woman appeared distant from Usher, prompting him to pause and step away.
“I don’t think she wants to be on the stage,” the “8701” singer said to the audience, before shooing her away. The moment went viral and left the internet divided.
Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at tardrey@usatodayco.com.
Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/entertainment/

