The hottest new band on Spotify may not really exist the velvet sunset The first band generated by AI that becomes viral?
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UPDATE, Monday 30 June: We have been contacted by DeezerThe Global Streaming Music Service, to say that it has marked the Velvet Sundown’s albums as AI-generated content together with the message: “Some songs on this album were made possible with the help of artificial intelligence”.
This is in contrast to Spotify and Apple Music that have not marked the content as AI-regenerated. Deezer uses an AI detection filter on all IT albums, “with the possibility of detecting 100% music generated by AI generated by the most productive generative models -such as Suno and Udio, with the possibility to add detection options for practically another comparable tools that have been accessed.”
In the meantime, the X.com account of the Velvet Sunday has responded to this article With a denial that the band uses and says: “Absolutely strange that so-called” journalists “continue to push the lazy, unfounded theory that the velvet sunset is” AI-regenerated “with zero evidence.”
I contacted an interview with the band and we will update you if we have more info.
Original story follows: Fabric” Float past the flame, And End the pain, are all songs from the hot new band The velvet sunsetBlowing up on Spotify with more than 470,000 monthly listeners. There is only one problem. It does not seem that the band actually exists and the music seems to have been made by AI.
While the band appears as a verified artist on Spotify, the bio says an incredible amount of inconspicuous things about the band, such as “There is something very enchanting about the Velvet Sundown. You don’t listen to it alone, you drift in it”.
De Bio mentions the band members as a singer and Mellotron player Gabe Farrow, guitarist Lennie West, Milo Raines, who “makes the textured synth sounds of the band” and “free-fled” percussionist “Rio” del Mar. no quantity graves that I (Or the music pressBeing able to do, it has convinced me that one of these people is real.
The music itself sounds like a kind of mash-up of different soft, country influenced, rock bands such as the Eagles, JJ Cale and the Allman Brothers. I can also detect an element from another Texas band, Khruangbin, in their sound.
Dust and silence
The Velvet Sundown already has one album, Dust and silencewhat you can now listen to, and another, Rebellion of paper sunhas been set for release in 13 days on July 14, but the signs of AI are all over everything that has to do with it.
Both album covers, for example, look like two versions of the same AI-generated design. Both are surreal scenes of a floating eye and a staircase in a desert landscape with mountains in the background. It looks like what happens when AI generates two or more versions of an image where you can choose.
Then view photos of the band – they look like they were made by Chatgpt For me. If you go to the Band’s Instagram account, You will see what clearly looks like AI-generated photos of the band.
With powerful AI Music Creation tools such as Suno Available online, it is quite possible that the specific mix of easy listening, middle road, rock in which the velvet sunset is specialized is also ai-created. Another giveaway for me is that the voice of the singer sounds something different on every song that plays the band, and the music has a soulless, generic quality, even if it provides a pleasant and harmless background. There is nothing related to the songs that I think they are being played by the same people.
Difficult times
As we reported in February, since 2024, Spotify has demonutized songs That does not get 1,000 streams per year – according to some estimates, 86% of the music on the platform – making it even more difficult for musicians to earn a living.
At a time when the large streaming services pick huge profits and artists who are not in the top percentage of streamers struggle, the fact that an AI band takes away the ears of listeners of real music generated, while they are not labeled as AI, division proves.
Many people are understandably unhappy that what seems to be a completely -generated band, plays and is supported by Spotify.
“Just shattered them, and the description on Spotify does not report them AI. This frankly makes me tend to cancel my Spotify subscription,” said Reddit user Blyzo.
“Yes, that’s what people are today; all fraud, and all supporters of the fake. Milli Vanilli came out for decades too early!” Big-Rabbit9119
Reddit -user Anypomegranate4981 said: “Ngl the numbers are fire”.
We contacted Spotify for comment on how this band had achieved a verified status and when it thought that the velvet sunset was a real band, despite all the obvious evidence, but they did not respond. We will update this article if we receive a response.
One thing that came up with me was that if it is a real band, this could be a very smart marketing campaign. Generating controversy by appearing to look like a fake -Ai band would be a great way to notice yourself.
If the velvet sunset is indeed an AI band, one thing is certain – it is unlikely that we will ever see them play live.
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