More than 140 people pack Everett Springs Baptist Church for a Red Book “singing” on June 29. Courtesy of Steve Drake ...

A mysterious band called "The Velvet Sundown" has exploded onto streaming platforms like Spotify, but are they even real?

A mysterious band called “The Velvet Sundown” has exploded onto streaming platforms like Spotify, racking up nearly a million streams in just a few weeks with a 60s rock-inspired sound. But ...

The Velvet Sundown have come out of nowhere with their clumsily familiar name to rack up over 750,000 Spotify listeners.

The AI 'band' Velvet Sundown's Spotify page also denies "spokesperson" Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group ...

The Velvet Sundown has surged in popularity on Spotify with two albums released in June 2025, raising questions whether or not the psychedelic rock-folk band is real or AI generated. The Velvet ...

The Velvet Sundown is raising suspicions of being an AI-generated band, with no online presence, bad lyrics, and odd promo images.

The Velvet Sundown is raising suspicions of being an AI-generated band, with no online presence, bad lyrics, and odd promo images.

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Fully AI-generated music is only accounting for a tiny proportion of streams on services like Spotify and Deezer at the moment.