Faced with growing criticism, the band defended themselves on their X account Velvet Sundown (The Real Band Not The AI Band): ...

While they were initially discovered on Spotify, I've found the band is also found on Apple Music, Tidal, Qobuz, and Deezer. I've reached out to every single service to try and find out more, and ...

Spotify AI band controversy — who is The Velvet Sundown and are they real? ... It's all very, very strange, and it suggests that the band might be AI-generated. An industry wide thing.

Kneecap, Bob Vylan and The Velvet Sundown's streams went up after they became the subject of controversy, proving notoriety ...

A mysterious new band is climbing the charts on Spotify, racking up over over a million listens in just a few weeks. The Velvet Sundown sound familiar, and their songs are perfectly listenable, if not ...

The Velvet Sundown has racked up hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify - without anyone even being sure if it's real.

Since the same information is contained in the Spotify bio for the band ... then this could be a very clever marketing campaign. Generating controversy by appearing to be a fake AI band would be a ...

In an update to their Spotify bio, viral AI "band" the Velvet Sundown call themselves an "ongoing artistic provocation." ...

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In a matter of weeks, alternative band The Velvet Sundown quite literally went from zero to hero, appearing out of nowhere ...

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

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