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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
AI ‘Band’ the Velvet Sundown Officially Confirm They’re AI — and a ‘Provocation’
The AI band The Velvet Sundown, who currently have over 900,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, have officially admitted — in a ...
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 ...
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 ...
‘Spokesperson’ for AI ‘Band’ Velvet Sundown Now Says He Is an Imposter
The AI 'band' Velvet Sundown's Spotify page also denies "spokesperson" Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group ...
Is the Velvet Sundown an AI band? Many on the internet sure think so
The Velvet Sundown is the most-talked-about band of the moment, but not for the reason you might expect. The “indie rock band ...
Spotify AI band controversy — who is The Velvet Sundown and are they real?
Looks like there's a new band in town that's taking the world by Storm. They're called "The Velvet Sundown," they're a ...
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The Velvet Sundown Confirm Their Music Is AI-Generated
The Velvet Sundown, who we suspected were an AI-generated band, have admitted to being an AI-generated band. The statement ...
Say hello to Velvet Sundown - the band that doesn’t really exist
The Velvet Sundown have become a viral hit. The band have over a million streams on Spotify and are generating much discussion across the music community. Except the band and its members don’t ...
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Dear Rouge to Remove Their Catalogue from Spotify
Dear Rouge have followed in the footsteps of Deerhoof by implying that their music is being removed from Spotify. "Welp… we ...