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Spotify AI band controversy — who is The Velvet Sundown and are they real?
Good Question! Read their Spotify bio and you'll learn that the band consists of "singer and mellotron player Gabe Farrow," guitarist Lennie West, Milo Raines, who apparently "crafts the band’s textured synth sounds," and percussionist Orion "Rio" Del Mar, who is apparently "free spirited." Ok then. People. Band members.
In a matter of weeks, alternative band The Velvet Sundown quite literally went from zero to hero, appearing out of nowhere ...
ALBAWABA - Popular music streaming service Spotify has stirred controversy and boycott calls over the past couple of days due ...
A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate hoax involving Spotify, AI and a suspicious rock band says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that it's been "too fascinating" to ...
The Velvet Sundown, a band with significant Spotify success, is facing allegations of being AI-generated amidst a series of hoaxes.
In a statement on its Spotify page, The Velvet Sundown distanced itself from Frelon, stating the band has "no affiliation with this individual, nor any evidence confirming their identity or existence.
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