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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 ...
Are The Velvet Sundown an AI Band? What We Know
The description on the Instagram page reads: "Saving Modern Rock," and is filled with AI generated images, including ...
For The Velvet Sundown, Kneecap and Bob Vylan, Controversy Has Been Good for Business
Kneecap, Bob Vylan and The Velvet Sundown's streams went up after they became the subject of controversy, proving notoriety ...
The Velvet Sundown changes Spotify bio, gives AI update
Remember The Velvet Sundown, that new Spotify group that people accused of being AI-generated? Welp, it turns out it's ...
Spotify AI band controversy — who is The Velvet Sundown and are they real?
Good Question! Read their Spotify bio and you'll learn that the band consists of "singer and mellotron player Gabe Farrow," ...
Rock Band with More Than 1 Million Monthly Spotify Listeners Reveals Itself as AI Project, Including Its Musicians
Popular rock band The Velvet Sundown, which has amassed more than 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, has been revealed to be an AI project ...
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Will The Velvet Sundown Soon Face a Streaming Crackdown? DSP Hiccups Raise Questions As Spotify Monthly Listeners Top 1.18 Million
Millions of streams – and an avalanche of publicity – later, is “synthetic music project” The Velvet Sundown facing a ...
Velvet Sundown and the AI challenge of verifying ‘authenticity’
The viral Spotify ‘band’ turned out to be an AI-generated art project, raising new questions for marketers about trust, ...
Who is behind The Velvet Sundown, the AI-generated band that blew up the internet?
A 'spokesperson' for The Velvet Sundown that gave a statement to Rolling Stone earlier this week has now revealed that he's ...
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The Velvet Sundown Exposed: How AI Bands Are Gaming Spotify’s System
Streaming platforms struggle with AI-generated content verification, but the Velvet Sundown controversy exposes how easily fake bands can game the system. This “indie rock band” accumulated over half ...
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 ...
The hottest new band on Spotify might not actually exist – are The Velvet Sundown the first AI-generated band to go viral?
New Spotify sensation The Velvet Sundown appears to be an entirely AI-generated band, even down to their album covers and ...