An AI band called The Velvet Sundown reached 500,000 listeners on Spotify in weeks, but few people realized it was AI slop.

The Velvet Sundown, an obviously fictional “band” that’s gone viral after somehow racking up more than 500,000 monthly ...

A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate hoax involving Spotify, AI and a suspicious rock band says he apologizes to ...

Explore how AI-generated music is disrupting the industry, from synthetic artists like The Velvet Sundown to the $2.7B market ...

In that sense, it signifies the fate of music that is streamed online and then imbibed while one drives, cooks, cleans, works ...

Whether that content counts as "art" depends on who you ask, but Spotify doesn't discriminate. A new band called The Velvet ...

AI-generated music seems to be passing another milestone. Are we on the road to public acceptance of music made by robots?

The increased global emphasis on generative AI has forced artists and their fans to consider ethical boundaries. Tri-Cities art scenes are no exception.

Perhaps you, too, have had the displeasure of stumbling across the Velvet Sundown on Spotify or social media. The psych-rock ...

From generating podcast-style classroom lessons to orchestrating art-infused storytelling experiences, algorithms are reimagining the once-unreachable, blurring the line between creativity and code.

Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost ...