The psych rock band's sudden popularity raises new questions about transparency in AI-created music and how streaming platforms handle disclosure.

An "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown, which is marketing its music with seemingly AI-generated pictures of members ...

Band apologizes for selling suspected AI concert poster at Red Rocks Tedeschi Trucks Band told fans it believes the poster was created using text prompts, not human artistry ...

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 ...

(KRON) — One of Spotify’s latest breakout bands appears to be the product of artificial intelligence, despite not being labeled as such. The Velvet Sundown, a retro neo-psych/folk rock act ...

It doesn’t look like the band actually exists, and the music appears to have been created by AI. While the band appears as a Verified Artist on Spotify, the bio says an incredible amount of ...

Apart from a flag from Spotify competitor Deezer that the band's tracks may be AI-generated — something the platform very recently began to detect — there are a ton of other glaring red flags ...

Head over to the band's X account and you'll see something similar, and something interesting. There are similarly AI-alike images of distorted guitars (not the fun kind — think twisted frets ...

A seemingly AI-generated band has racked up thousands of monthly Spotify listeners. Despite having formed less than a month ago, the Velvet Sundown have over 400,000 monthly listeners on the ...

The band's photos look remarkably AI-generated — too clean, not quite textured enough, oddly inhuman, yet it has racked up more than 372,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

While the band appears as a Verified Artist on Spotify, the bio says an incredible amount of nondescript things about the band, like “There’s something quite spellbinding about The Velvet Sundown.