Romain Gavras on AI copies of 'Storm' video

Romain Gavras says AI imitations of his 'Storm' video look lame and miss Yung Lean's swagger.

Oct 20, 2026

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Romain Gavras on AI copies of 'Storm' video

Romain Gavras says AI imitations of his 'Storm' video look lame and miss Yung Lean's swagger.

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Romain Gavras says AI imitations of his 'Storm' video look lame and miss Yung Lean's swagger. Romain Gavras criticized AI-generated copies of his 'Storm' video for lacking Yung Lean's authenticity and imperfection. Originally reported by Stereogum.

Romain Gavras addresses AI copies

Romain Gavras criticized AI-generated imitations of his 'Storm' video for lacking Yung Lean's authenticity.

“It made me sad for all the people who put in so much work on our video”

AI imitations include controversial figures

AI copies featured Elon Musk, Kim Jong-un, Hitler, and Jeffrey Epstein in the video trend.

Gavras declined AI licensing

Gavras declined AI licensing

Gavras refused licensing requests from ai companies despite the trend's popularity.

Gavras on video imperfection

Gavras said the video's imperfection and humanity are missing in ai copies, which lack yung lean's swagger.

“They're missing the swagger of Yung Lean”

The main idea

Romain Gavras criticized AI-generated copies of his 'Storm' video for lacking Yung Lean's authenticity and imperfection.

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