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Rock band with more than 1 million Spotify listeners reveals it’s entirely AI-generated — down to the musicians themselves
This isn’t a trick – it’s a mirror. An ongoing artistic provocation designed to challenge the boundaries of authorship, ...
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Is The Velvet Sundown a real band? Spotify's top rock band admits to being generated by AI after gaining 1M listeners
On Saturday, July 5, an indie rock band called The Velvet Sundown admitted to be AI-generated and not a real one through a social media post and by also updating its Spotify bio.
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AI hoax or art? The Velvet Sundown exposes music industry’s digital dilemma
The AI-generated band, The Velvet Sundown, hosted on Spotify, has sparked controversy over authenticity in music. Critics demand platform transparency and filters for AI-generated content ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Spokesman Claiming to Represent AI Band the Velvet Sundown Reveals Himself as a Hoaxster
This week (July 2), someone calling themselves Andrew Frelon conducted an interview with Rolling Stone, calling the Velvet ...
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 ...