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Spotify hit band Velvet Sundown comes clean on AI

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

A ’60s-flavored band blew up on Spotify. They’re AI.

The Velvet Sundown confirmed Saturday that its viral success is powered by artificial intelligence.

Digital Trends · 2d

Spotify hit band The Velvet Sundown comes clean on AI

Frelon said he created The Velvet Sundown tracks using the generative-AI tool Suno before posting them on Spotify, where the band now has more than a million monthly listeners. Case settled, then. But apparently not.

Rolling Stone on MSN · 5d

‘Spokesperson’ for AI ‘Band’ Velvet Sundown Now Says He’s a Hoaxer

A Velvet Sundown X account that’s linked to from the band’s Spotify page messaged Rolling Stone early Thursday morning asking for a correction and reiterating their disavowal of Frelon. “We understand the intrigue our project inspires — and we’re not here to dispel mystery,

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How a Canadian's AI hoax duped the media and propelled a 'band' to streaming success

A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate hoax involving Spotify, AI and a suspicious rock band says he apologizes to ...

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Spokesman for that fake band you've been reading about admits they're fake

To no one's surprise, the fakery has now been confirmed. Band members Gabe Farrow, Lennie West, Milo Rains and Orion "Rio" ...

Digital Music News on MSN1d

The Velvet Sundown Cracks One Million Spotify Monthly Listeners Amid Publicity Storm — How High Will the ‘Synthetic Music Project’ Climb?

A blitz of media coverage has now propelled The Velvet Sundown past one million Spotify monthly listeners. Meanwhile, an ...

The Velvet Sundown’s AI saga is 2025’s weirdest music story

What is going on with The Velvet Sundown, the AI-generated country band with one million Spotify listeners and a very complicated backstory?

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