Earlier this week, like everyone else, we clambered aboard the Velvet Sundown bandwagon, telling the story of a band that had apparently come from nowhere to enjoy significant success on Spotify, ...

The Velvet Sundown, an obviously fictional “band” that’s gone viral after somehow racking up more than 500,000 monthly listeners on Spotify out of nowhere, used the generative-AI platform Suno in the ...

Popular ‘80s Band Refutes Embarrassing Fake Report: ‘Please Don’t Be Fooled’ originally appeared on Parade. Crowded House recently took to social media to refute a report featuring a fake AI interview ...

The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a spokesperson and "adjunct" member of the Velvet Sundown, a "band" made with ...

On April Fool’s Day, 2025, Minnesota bluegrass band The Gillyweeds released their latest album, “Cow House.” In the year that followed, the band played no local venues and gave no interviews. No ...