Why you need to know:
A viral video with an alleged Drake hologram opens an important conversation about how easy it is to fall for misinformation… especially in the age of digital advances.
Only on Twitter, the video of the most recent concert of the rapper Drake has reached more than 20 million people. Just by reading the headline, your mind explodes with technological advances. The viral video says that Drake was showing up with a hologram and the moment they sit in the same chair, the computerized image hands him a book in the hand.
As? Drake sang with a hologram? How the hell could he interact with a computer generated image? The answer is pretty simple.
It turns out that anything is possible… with the magical power of lies on the internet. Even though the video is extremely viral and even international media announce it as true; In fact, Drake did not show up with no hologram.
And of course, the book, although it sounds much more boring, was given to him a real person.
The reality behind Drake’s hologram at his concert
All this tangle of lies and technology started at the concert of the past July 5th in Chicago. It was the first presentation of the long-awaited tour in which Drake y 21 Savage will share 56 dates across the United States.
But hey, the happy concert, according to the internet, begins with a hologram depicting Drake as a teenager sitting in an armchair. When Drake takes the stage, after walking through the audience, the boy hands him a book with rhymes. Opening it, the Canadian lets go with the first song of the night: ‘Look What You’ve Done’.
At first glance, it looks impressive, right? But, although we would have loved to see this technological advance, it is all a lie.
Although the videos have put together millions of views and world media assure that the Canadian rapper shared the stage —and physical interactions— with a computer created imagethe reality is much more boring: it is just about a boy who looks like a Drake scrubber. A normal performance, then.
The boy behind Drake’s hologram
Although the identity of the boy behind the alleged Drake hologram has not yet been made known, eyes have been on all the presentations. That was how at the concert the following day, July 6, a person was able to record the young man getting off the stage —to get rid of any technological doubts.
We see him walking through the audience, completely flesh and blood, with an NFL Rams jersey. No 3D images.
Interestingly, Drake himself commented briefly on the bizarre controversy of the hologram supposedly giving him a book. The Canadian climbed into his instagram stories a photo in which he is seen accompanied by the young man and only asks: Hologram?
Ultimately, the story of the alleged drake hologram it doesn’t hurt anyone. It could even just be a curious story that has become extremely viral to chatter about, but… don’t you feel that it raises many doubts about the future of information in the digital age? While the AI breakthrough creates ever more realistic imageseverything we see on our screens could be covered in doubt —even if it’s a song.
