Ellie Goulding just released her fifth studio album, "Higher Than Heaven," an album she described as her "least personal" work because she allegedly got some help from an AI generator to come up with the lyrics.
A fake news account on Twitter took the singer-songwriter's jest out of context and ran with the story.
They tweeted: "Ellie Goulding reveals that the lyrics on her upcoming album, 'High Than Heaven,' were AI-generated."
The tweet instantly garnered several thousand interactions, with over a hundred replies, two hundred retweets, and quotes, as well as a thousand likes.
In an attempt to clear her name, the English singer innately replied: "it was literally a joke, I definitely wrote the songs on this album."
"And it's called 'Higher Than Heaven'. Thank [you]," she concluded.
Trolled
Despite the clarifications, fans began trolling the singer. They ran with the "Ellie Goulding says" phrase and added a ridiculous and outrageous thought afterward.
A fan wrote: "Ellie Goulding says she doesn't understand why the UK currency is called a pound. "They don't weigh all that much really,' she says with confusion."
Another hilariously ridiculous tweet reads: "Ellie Goulding admits she doesn't understand where the 'New' in 'New Zealand' comes from. 'If it's been around that long, why is it still new?' she says."
There even have been several Twitter accounts that impersonate official news accounts and troll the singer.
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Publicity Stunt?
While a lot of fans have been poking fun at Goulding and what she supposedly said, others acknowledge that the entire thing was most likely a publicity stunt.
After all, the "Love Me Like You Do" singer just released "Higher Than Heaven," and it seems to be working.
"Higher Than Heaven is a bloody brilliant dance album, her career best pop record tbh," a fan wrote.
"I thoroughly support this avenue of promotion!"
In fact, Goulding's admission that her most recent album is her "least personal" work has garnered praise among fans.
"I mean, its better to be honest, rather than calling every album 'my most personal album ever' like most artists do. And then it ends up being some generic dance pop album written by like 20 different people," a Twitter user wrote.
"One of the worst pop trends of the late 2010s and 2020s is pop stars thinking they need to get personal when they're not built for it. I do not need to know about your personal life, Justin Bieber or Camila Cabello."
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