After an "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown refused to admit last week that its output was a lazy amalgamation of AI ...

Frelon said he created The Velvet Sundown tracks using the generative-AI tool Suno before posting them on Spotify, where the ...

A blitz of media coverage has now propelled The Velvet Sundown past one million Spotify monthly listeners. Meanwhile, an ...

The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a ...

A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate hoax involving Spotify, AI and a suspicious rock band says he apologizes to ...

A Velvet Sundown X account that’s linked to from the band’s Spotify page messaged Rolling Stone early Thursday morning asking for a correction and reiterating their disavowal of Frelon. “We understand ...

A 'spokesperson' for The Velvet Sundown that gave a statement to Rolling Stone earlier this week has now revealed that he's ...

To no one's surprise, the fakery has now been confirmed. Band members Gabe Farrow, Lennie West, Milo Rains and Orion "Rio" ...

First, a new AI-generated psych rock "band" called the Velvet Sundown became popular, as of this writing earning close to 900 ...

"All characters, stories, music, voices and lyrics are original creations generated with the assistance of artificial ...

The Velvet Sundown, an indie psych rock band with a verified profile on Spotify, has been accused of releasing music ...

The AI 'band' Velvet Sundown's Spotify page also denies "spokesperson" Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group ...