It’s been confirmed – The Velvet Sundown are an AI band and their music was made using the AI tool Suno. According to (someone claiming to be) ‘band’ spokesperson and 'adjunct member ...

A mysterious band called "The Velvet Sundown" has exploded onto streaming platforms like Spotify, but are they even real?

A mysterious band called “The Velvet Sundown” has exploded onto streaming platforms like Spotify, racking up nearly a million streams in just a few weeks with a 60s rock-inspired sound. But ...

The Velvet Sundown, a band with a massive Spotify following, has sparked controversy as it's revealed to be entirely AI-generated. The admission of being an "art hoax" has ignited debates on the ...

“Of course, it may just be an art prank,” we wrote about AI band The Velvet Sundown earlier this week. A new interview suggests it is.

The Velvet Sundown, an obviously fictional “band” that’s gone viral after somehow racking up more than 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify out of nowhere, used the generative-AI platform ...

Perhaps you, too, have had the displeasure of stumbling across the Velvet Sundown on Spotify or social media. The psych-rock “band” made headlines last month after they’d amassed hundreds of ...

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

The Velvet Sundown has surged in popularity on Spotify with two albums released in June 2025, raising questions whether or not the psychedelic rock-folk band is real or AI generated. The Velvet ...

A few weeks ago Timbaland unveiled the not-human artist TaTa, who was the first signee of his AI record label Stage Zero. Now there’s a new AI-generated act on the scene called the Velvet ...

The Velvet Sundown is raising suspicions of being an AI-generated band, with no online presence, bad lyrics, and odd promo images.