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The Velvet Sundown has racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify - without anyone even being sure if it's real.
In fact, The Velvet Sundown is one of a number of recent ‘bands’ that have exposed a massive loophole in the big music ...
A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate hoax involving Spotify, AI and a suspicious rock band says he apologizes to ...
Original story follows: Dust on the Wind, Drift Beyond the Flame, and End the Pain, are all songs by the hot new band The ...
Aventhis, who doesn’t exist, has over a million monthly Spotify listeners. Everything appears to be in order – but it’s not.
As an AI band goes viral on Spotify, a former employee at the streaming juggernaut says the platform has “no protections” ...
A “spokesperson” for the viral AI band The Velvet Sundown has admitted that he was running a hoax aimed at “the media”.
The streaming service is currently facing boycotts from a handful of fans and artists after a venture capital firm founded by ...
The AI 'band' Velvet Sundown's Spotify page also denies "spokesperson" Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group ...
Recently, a craze started around a band on Spotify called The Velvet Sundown. But not the kind of craze where listeners rave ...
Suno was one of two AI companies sued last year by major record labels — including Universal Music Group, Sony Music ...
Looks like there's a new band in town that's taking the world by Storm. They're called "The Velvet Sundown," they're a ...