Explaining the controversy surrounding The Velvet Sundown - the rock band that lied about being generated by artificial ...

Good Question! Read their Spotify bio and you'll learn that the band consists of "singer and mellotron player Gabe Farrow," ...

The Velvet Sundown, Spotify's mysterious breakout band, shocked the music industry by gaining over 400,000 monthly listeners ...

Original story follows: Dust on the Wind, Drift Beyond the Flame, and End the Pain, are all songs by the hot new band The ...

The Velvet Sundown's owners have now confirmed it's an AI-generated band. A new disclaimer on the band's Spotify says the ...

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

ALBAWABA - Popular music streaming service Spotify has stirred controversy and boycott calls over the past couple of days due ...

Generating controversy by appearing to be a fake AI band would be a great way to get yourself noticed. If The Velvet Sunset is indeed an AI band, though, one thing is for sure – we’re unlikely ...

Within 24 hours of Frelon's own blog post, the band's owners updated the Spotify bio to confirm it is an AI-project for the first time. So far, the real owners have remained anonymous.

The Velvet Sundown, a band with significant Spotify success, is facing allegations of being AI-generated amidst a series of hoaxes.