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The Velvet Sundown confirmed Saturday that its viral success is powered by artificial intelligence.
The band first appeared in June, but the AI-made songs were quickly found on popular Spotify playlists. Glenn McDonald, a former “data alchemist” for Spotify, told Rolling Stone last week that this ...
The Velvet Sundown, Spotify's mysterious breakout band, shocked the music industry by gaining over 400,000 monthly listeners ...
The jig is officially up. After "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown, a lazy amalgamation of AI-generated slop, ...
The Velvet Sundown's owners have now confirmed it's an AI-generated band. A new disclaimer on the band's Spotify says the ...
Frelon said he created The Velvet Sundown tracks using the generative-AI tool Suno before posting them on Spotify, where the ...
A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate AI music hoax says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that ...
In a statement on its Spotify page, The Velvet Sundown distanced itself from Frelon, stating the band has "no affiliation with this individual, nor any evidence confirming their identity or existence.
First, a new AI-generated psych rock "band" called the Velvet Sundown became popular, as of this writing earning close to 900 ...
A “spokesperson” for the viral AI band The Velvet Sundown has admitted that he was running a hoax aimed at “the media”.
The Velvet Sundown, an indie psych rock band with a verified profile on Spotify, has been accused of releasing music ...
A 'spokesperson' for The Velvet Sundown that gave a statement to Rolling Stone earlier this week has now revealed that he's ...