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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: Are they real deal or ‘100% AI generated’
A band called The Velvet Sundown has taken Spotify by storm, despite their true identity remaining shrouded in a sea of ...
Music Ally5h
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 AI-generated rock band has blown up online. Spotify won’t tell you they’re fake.
The "band" has released two albums within three weeks of one another on a streaming service that does not differentiate ...
El Mundo on MSN5h
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 ...
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 ...