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AI claims and a hoax spokesman: Viral band confuses the world of music
The Velvet Sundown has racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify - without anyone even being sure if it's real.
Spotify’s latest breakout band The Velvet Sundown appears to be AI-generated – and fans aren’t happy
Original story follows: Dust on the Wind, Drift Beyond the Flame, and End the Pain, are all songs by the hot new band The ...
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"Indie Rock Band" That's Clearly Using AI Claims That "We Never Use AI"
An "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown is now claiming that "we never use AI" after being accused of not existing.
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The Velvet Sundown, the band created by AI that keeps growing: why non-existent musicians have gone viral
The group already has 750,000 monthly listeners on Spotify in just one month of existence with two albums and a third one on ...
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 the Tech: AI impacts on music
AI is flooding the platforms like Spotify, and it’s making real money. Based on current royalty estimates, Velvet Sundown has ...
The Velvet Sundown’s shaggy retro-rock has attracted 750,000 listeners — but is it all an AI hoax?
The band supposedly behind two new albums of 1970s-style AOR have proved impossible to track down in real life ...
Spotify’s algorithms help alleged AI band go viral, raising questions about music’s future
The Velvet Sundown, a supposed indie band, has shot up Spotify charts with AI-generated music and images, blurring the line ...