A spokesperson for The Velvet Sundown has admitted the 'band' is a deliberate “art hoax" using generative-AI platform Suno.

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Perhaps you, too, have had the displeasure of stumbling across the Velvet Sundown on Spotify or social media. The psych-rock “band” made headlines last month after they’d amassed hundreds of thousands ...

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Photos of the purported statue showed the heavy-set singer cast in bronze and surrounded by trees and a red brick walkway.

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A band accused of being AI-generated has issued a statement on X, hitting back at the viral claims. In June 2025, Spotify ...