The Velvet Sundown’s Frelon, meanwhile, says that music fans need to learn to accept AI tools, calling the fear of them “super overwrought.” “I respect that people have really strong ...

Certain that The Velvet Sundown was generated by AI, and surprised by its seemingly overnight success, he decided to become the band's de-facto publicist as a "social engineering" experiment.

The Velvet Sundown’s Frelon, meanwhile, says that music fans need to learn to accept AI tools, calling the fear of them “super overwrought.” “I respect that people have really strong ...

Update July 1, 2025: An account on X has emerged claiming to represent The Velvet Sundown. This account asserts that the band is not at all AI-generated, sharing in their account bio "Yes, We Are ...

Having listened to both of the Velvet Sundown’s albums as I drove from Chicago to Madison, Wisconsin, earlier this week, I discovered that what may now be the most successful AI group on Spotify ...

The Velvet Sundown has nearly 600,000 monthly Spotify listeners, but the band doesn't exist. Here's how to identify AI-generated music and why streaming platforms need to label artificial content.

The Velvet Sundown isn’t the only band suspected of being AI-generated (other suspected bands include Stellar Cruise and The Luna Lounge), but we’re only at the start of this problem.

The Velvet Sundown claim to be an “ongoing artistic provocation designed to challenge the boundaries of authorship, identity, and the future of music itself in the age of AI.” “Not quite human.