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The Velvet Sundown changes Spotify bio, gives AI update
Remember The Velvet Sundown, that new Spotify group that people accused of being AI-generated? Welp, it turns out it's ...
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The Velvet Sundown Cracks One Million Spotify Monthly Listeners Amid Publicity Storm — How High Will the ‘Synthetic Music Project’ Climb?
A blitz of media coverage has now propelled The Velvet Sundown past one million Spotify monthly listeners. Meanwhile, an ...
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Dear Rouge to Remove Their Catalogue from Spotify
Dear Rouge have followed in the footsteps of Deerhoof by implying that their music is being removed from Spotify. "Welp… we ...
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This Band With a Million Monthly Spotify Listeners Now Confirms It's Using AI
The Velvet Sundown's owners have now confirmed it's an AI-generated band. A new disclaimer on the band's Spotify says the ...
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 ...
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.