Full CoverageAI ‘Band’ the Velvet Sundown Officially Confirm They’re AI — and a ‘Provocation’
By Brian Hiatt
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The ‘popularity’ of an AI-generated rock band was inevitable – and it highlights a depressing fact about success in the music streaming age
By Matt Mills
The AI music problem on Spotify (and other streaming platforms) is worse than you think
By Tim Ingham
This Indie Band Is Getting Popular on Spotify—But They Might Be AI
By Luis Prada
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"Indie Rock Band" That's Clearly Using AI Claims That "We Never Use AI"
By Victor Tangermann
ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Spotify's suspected AI band to Nothing's first over-ear headphones
By John-Anthony Disotto, Mark Wilson & Hamish Hector
The AI band with over a million monthly listeners on Spotify that’s infuriating the music industry
By Andy Hall
What the Tech: AI impacts on music
By Jamey Tucker
How a Canadian's AI hoax duped the media and propelled a 'band' to streaming success
By Kevin Maimann
The Velvet Sundown’s shaggy retro-rock has attracted 750,000 listeners — but is it all an AI hoax?
By Ludovic Hunter-tilney
"It's marketing. It's trolling. Is that wrong?" Spokesman for that fake band you've been reading about admits they're fake
By Fraser Lewry
AI-created music on Spotify | What the Tech?
By Jamey Tucker
Mysterious band The Velvet Sundown soars in popularity, fuelling AI music debate
By John Vennavally-Rao
Musicians facing being 'AI brushed' out of existence like Velvet Sundown, Scottish performers warn
By Jane Bradley
"Spokesperson" for viral AI band The Velvet Sundown admits he was "hoaxing the media”
By Liberty Dunworth
Is The Velvet Sundown an AI-generated band?
By Christianna Silva
An "Indie Rock Band" That Appears to Be Entirely AI-Generated Is Making Alarming Amounts of Money on Spotify
By Noor Al-Sibai
Spotify’s latest breakout band The Velvet Sundown appears to be AI-generated – and fans aren’t happy
By Graham Barlow
AI-Generated Psych-Rock Band The Velvet Sundown Rack Up Hundreds Of Thousands Of Spotify Streams
By Danielle Chelosky
‘Spokesperson’ for AI ‘Band’ Velvet Sundown Now Says He Is an Imposter
By Brian Hiatt & David Browne
Seemingly AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown have over 400,000 monthly Spotify listeners
By Laura Molloy
Creator of "Indie Band" Who Insisted It Wasn't AI-Generated Just Admitted the Truth
By Victor Tangermann
‘Spokesperson’ for AI ‘Band’ Velvet Sundown Now Says He Is an Imposter
By David Browne & Brian Hiatt