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Of course there were the complaints, modelling had said there would be. Saviour complex, anthropocentrism, digital colonialism, celebritycentrism. They didn’t care, the pop stars simply said the crisis was so big, so real, they had to do something. And if that meant getting celebrities together, and if those celebrities were chosen on the basis of fame not diversity, well, they weren’t going to apologise. If the avatars on the screens drew particular ire, so be it. The modelling showed they worked. F*#k the mode of address. The money rolled in. Criticism? the pop stars didn’t care, they had thick “skin”.