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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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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 ...
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That Velvet Sundown X account that we thought was fake… was fake
It would be very funny if the angry rebuttal tweets already featuring in a new wave of articles today turn out to be from 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 ...
An indie band is blowing up on Spotify, but people think its AI
Suno was one of two AI companies sued last year by major record labels — including Universal Music Group, Sony Music ...
Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore
As I drove amid the cornfields on I-90, the Velvet Sundown did just that. The band’s tracks were not satisfying in any way, ...
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 ...
Possible AI band gains thousands of listeners on Spotify
"The Velvet Sundown" has more than 700,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, but their entire album is being accused of being AI ...