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Viral band finds itself at the centre of AI claims and hoaxes
Velvet Sundown has racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify - without anyone even being sure if it's real.
Mysterious band The Velvet Sundown soars in popularity, fuelling AI music debate
A mysterious rock band that may not be a band at all has soared in popularity on music streaming sites, raising fresh ...
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The Velvet Sundown: Are they real deal or ‘100% AI generated’
A band called The Velvet Sundown has taken Spotify by storm, despite their true identity remaining shrouded in a sea of ...
“It’s marketing. It’s trolling”: The Velvet Sundown are an AI-generated ‘art hoax’
According to (someone claiming to be) ‘band’ spokesperson and 'adjunct member' Andrew Frelon, the whole thing is an ‘art hoax ...
Apple and Spotify are sleepwalking into an AI music crisis – and The Velvet Sundown mess shows they need to act fast
In fact, The Velvet Sundown is one of a number of recent ‘bands’ that have exposed a massive loophole in the big music ...
What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: 'The Velvet Sundown' and AI Music
The Velvet Sundown has nearly 600,000 monthly Spotify listeners, but the band doesn't exist. Here's how to identify ...
Is AI Music For The Ear Or Soul: Lessons From The Velvet Sundown
Explore how AI-generated music is disrupting the industry, from synthetic artists like The Velvet Sundown to the $2.7B market ...
An indie band is blowing up on Spotify, but people think its AI
An indie psych rock band has amassed more than 850,000 listeners on Spotify in a matter of weeks and generated buzz ...