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The AI band with over a million monthly listeners on Spotify that’s infuriating the music industry
Did a fake band with AI-generated music and lyrics dupe Spotify listeners? Three albums in a month... is it all a hoax?
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 ...
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AI “Band” The Velvet Sundown Is An “Art Hoax” Created With Suno, Spokesperson Admits
Perhaps you, too, have had the displeasure of stumbling across the Velvet Sundown on Spotify or social media. The psych-rock ...
Nobody Cares If Music Is Real Anymore
In that sense, it signifies the fate of music that is streamed online and then imbibed while one drives, cooks, cleans, works ...
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.
Spotify’s algorithms help alleged AI band go viral, raising questions about music’s future
The Velvet Sundown, a supposed indie band, has shot up Spotify charts with AI-generated music and images, blurring the line ...
Mystery over rock band ‘that doesn’t exist’ with over 600,000 streams
A mysterious new band is climbing the charts on Spotify, racking up over half a million listens in just a few days. The ...