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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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This AI-generated rock band fooled 1M Spotify fans
A new rock band, amassing over a million Spotify listeners, recently revealed its music and musicians are entirely artificial ...
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The Velvet Sundown hit 1.1m Spotify listeners – with an honest bio
The band’s Spotify bio has been updated with an honest description of what the project is, while their listener count ...
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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 ...
A ’60s-flavored band blew up on Spotify. They’re AI.
The Velvet Sundown confirmed Saturday that its viral success is powered by artificial intelligence.
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 ...
Viral band finds itself at the centre of AI claims and hoaxes
Velvet Sundown has racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify - without anyone even being sure if it's real.