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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 ...
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 ...
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That Velvet Sundown X account that we thought was fake… was fake
It would be very funny if the angry rebuttal tweets already featuring in a new wave of articles today turn out to be from a ...
Is it AI? New rock band grows in popularity to 500K listeners, appears to respond
The suspected AI band has been shrouded in mystery as its popularity grew to more than 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.
What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: 'The Velvet Sundown' and AI Music
The Velvet Sundown has nearly 600,000 monthly Spotify listeners, but the band doesn't exist. Here's how to identify ...
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"Indie Rock Band" That's Clearly Using AI Claims That "We Never Use AI"
An "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown is now claiming that "we never use AI" after being accused of not existing.
‘Rubber Burns, the Map Fades Away.’ Sure, Fine.
As I drove amid the cornfields on I-90, the Velvet Sundown did just that. The band’s tracks were not satisfying in any way, ...
Band facing AI allegations part of elaborate “art hoax”, spokesperson claims
The Velvet Sundown, a band that has garnered over 700,000 monthly listeners on Spotify and faces AI allegations, has been ...