Earlier this week, like everyone else, we clambered aboard the Velvet Sundown bandwagon, telling the story of a band that had apparently come from nowhere to enjoy significant success on Spotify, despite bearing all the hallmarks of AI-generated music.
To no one's surprise, the fakery has now been confirmed. Band members Gabe Farrow, Lennie West, Milo Rains and Orion "Rio" Del Ma don't exist, but spokesman Andrew Frelon (not his real name) does, and, in an interview with Rolling Stone, he's come clean.
