A blitz of media coverage has now propelled The Velvet Sundown past one million Spotify monthly listeners. Meanwhile, an individual who claimed to represent the allegedly AI-powered “band” has ...
AI-generated images of musical artists The Velvet Sundown and Breaking Rust. Music created by artificial intelligence (AKA AI-generated music) is now topping the record charts. Let that sink in for a ...
Millions of streams – and an avalanche of publicity – later, is “synthetic music project” The Velvet Sundown facing a streaming crackdown? The question is front of mind following a few curious ...
What does it take for a new band to break through in the beleaguered music industry these days? How does about 6 million streams on Spotify in five weeks sound? That’s exactly what The Velvet Sundown ...
The Velvet Sundown recently became wildly popular on Spotify. What does it sound like? Definitively generic. But try it for yourself. Jon Garelick is a retired Globe Opinion staff member who writes ...
A band called the Velvet Sundown made headlines last summer. They weren’t the typical headlines associated with rock bands — heated internal drama, drugs, etc. — but rather reflected a very current ...
TL;DR: The Velvet Sundown is an AI-generated band gaining rapid popularity with their debut album "Floating on Echoes" and follow-up releases. Their music, visuals, and backstory are created using ...
Earlier this summer, a new band called The Velvet Sundown released two albums back-to-back. But something was unusual about it. The band's entire music catalogue is artificial intelligence-generated.