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

"It's marketing; it's trolling," pseudonymous “adjunct” Velvet Sundown member Andrew Frelon admitted in a new interview.

AI band The Velvet Sundown is an "art hoax" and an act of "trolling," said a spokesperson in a new interview about the viral project.

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