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AI-generated music seems to be passing another milestone. Are we on the road to public acceptance of music made by robots?
The AI band The Velvet Sundown, who currently have over 900,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, have officially admitted — in a ...
The AI 'band' Velvet Sundown's Spotify page also denies "spokesperson" Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group ...
Drummer Greg Saunier explains the moral calculus behind leaving the biggest streaming platform.
Even listeners who hate the idea of AI music are getting served tracks like “Taste My Ass” and “I Caught Santa Claus Sniffing ...
"The Velvet Sundown" has more than 700,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, but their entire album is being accused of being AI ...
An AI band called The Velvet Sundown reached 500,000 listeners on Spotify in weeks, but few people realized it was AI slop.
Never give the robot the Aux cord. Update July 1, 2025: An account on X has emerged claiming to represent The Velvet Sundown.
The "band" has released two albums within three weeks of one another on a streaming service that does not differentiate ...
Aventhis, who doesn’t exist, has over a million monthly Spotify listeners. Everything appears to be in order – but it’s not.
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 ...
Indie band Deerhoof will remove their catalog from Spotify to protest CEO Daniel Ek's leading a $700 million round in an AI ...