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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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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" ...

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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 ...

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?

Spokesperson Claiming to Represent AI Band the Velvet Sundown Reveals Himself as Hoaxster

First, a new AI-generated psych rock "band" called the Velvet Sundown became popular, as of this writing earning close to 900 ...

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