AI-generated band The Velvet Sundown fooled 500k Spotify listeners with fake personas, exposing streaming platform's ...

Streaming platforms struggle with AI-generated content verification, but the Velvet Sundown controversy exposes how easily fake bands can game the system. This “indie rock band” accumulated over half ...

A 'spokesperson' for The Velvet Sundown that gave a statement to Rolling Stone earlier this week has now revealed that he's ...

To no one's surprise, the fakery has now been confirmed. Band members Gabe Farrow, Lennie West, Milo Rains and Orion "Rio" ...

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

The Velvet Sundown confirmed Saturday that its viral success is powered by artificial intelligence.

The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a ...

Frelon said he created The Velvet Sundown tracks using the generative-AI tool Suno before posting them on Spotify, where the ...

A Velvet Sundown X account that’s linked to from the band’s Spotify page messaged Rolling Stone early Thursday morning asking for a correction and reiterating their disavowal of Frelon. “We understand ...

A rock band who soared to the top of Spotify's charts have revealed the truth about their rapid rise to fame in an update ...

The Velvet Sundown, an indie psych rock band with a verified profile on Spotify, has been accused of releasing music ...

The AI 'band' Velvet Sundown's Spotify page also denies "spokesperson" Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group ...