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On June 26, Music Ally reported that a seemingly fictional, AI-generated band named The Velvet Sundown had accrued hundreds of thousands of monthly listeners on Spotify after appearing in several ...

An indie psych rock band has amassed more than 850,000 listeners on Spotify in a matter of weeks and generated buzz throughout the music industry — but nobody is exactly sure if it’s real or not.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A band called The Velvet Sundown has launched a debut album on Spotify, ...

The Velvet Sundown plot is thickening, as the allegedly AI-powered “band” has topped 600,000 Spotify monthly listeners and pushed back against intensifying criticism. Meanwhile, Spotify is remaining ...

Update July 3, 2025: The pseudonymous Andrew Frelon, who spoke to Rolling Stone on Wednesday as a spokesperson for the viral AI band Velvet Sundown, and runs a Twitter account that purports to ...

Update, Thursday July 3: In a further twist to the story of The Velvet Sundown, we've been contacted by a representatives of the band who claims that "Over the past days, a number of impersonator ...

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The pseudonymous Andrew Frelon, who spoke to Rolling Stone on Wednesday as a spokesperson for the viral AI band The Velvet Sundown, and runs a Twitter account that purports to represent the band, was ...