A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate hoax involving Spotify, AI and a suspicious rock band says he apologizes to ...

First, a new AI-generated psych rock "band" called the Velvet Sundown became popular, as of this writing earning close to 900 ...

A 'spokesperson' for The Velvet Sundown that gave a statement to Rolling Stone earlier this week has now revealed that he's ...

The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a ...

The Velvet Sundown, an indie psych rock band with a verified profile on Spotify, has been accused of releasing music ...

A Velvet Sundown X account that’s linked to from the band’s Spotify page messaged Rolling Stone early Thursday morning asking for a correction and reiterating their disavowal of Frelon. “We understand ...

A "band" that sparked a heated debate for heavily relying on generative AI — and still somehow accumulating over half a ...

The AI band The Velvet Sundown, who currently have over 900,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, have officially admitted - in a ...

The Velvet Sundown have denied links to Andrew Frelon, who has admitted to faking his role as the AI 'band’s' spokesperson.

Dear Rouge have followed in the footsteps of Deerhoof by implying their music is leaving Spotify. The Vancouver pop-rockers ...

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