There's a band with more than half a million monthly listeners on Spotify and they probably don't exist Meet The Velvet Sundown, the world's new favourite AI-generated rock stars Louder · Jul 1, 2025
Accused of being AI after racking up well over 400,000 monthly Spotify listens, The Velvet Sundown claims they are 'a real band' and 'never use AI' Never give the robot the Aux cord. PC Gamer · Jun 30, 2025
Spotify’s latest breakout band The Velvet Sundown appears to be AI-generated – and fans aren’t happy New Spotify sensation The Velvet Sundown appears to be an entirely AI-generated band, even down to their album covers and music TechRadar · Jun 30, 2025
‘This should lowkey be illegal’: Music lovers in shock as seemingly AI generated band ‘The Velvet Sundown’ takes off on Spotify The Velvet Sundown might not be who (or what) they say they are. We Got This Covered · Jun 30, 2025
"There's not a shred of evidence on the internet that this band has ever existed": This apparently AI-generated artist is racking up hundreds of thousands of Spotify streams The Velvet Sundown has no online footprint, a suspiciously artificial artist image and a ChatGPT-generated biography - but somehow has almost 350,000 monthly listeners MusicRadar · Jun 27, 2025