Music Streaming Platform Hitting Velvet Sundown, AI Band? ...Concern has come true
Jul 11, 2025
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The indie band 'The Velvet Sundown', which suddenly appeared on music streaming platform Spotify, has been at the center of the controversy. The band began releasing songs weeks ago, and its monthly audience is now drawing attention, exceeding 900,000. The main song is 'Dust on the Wind'.
It has released two full-length albums in a month, and is scheduled to release its third in the middle of this month.
According to the BBC and other foreign media, their reality is still in the fog. None of the four known members of the band have ever been interviewed by the media, and there are no personal SNS accounts or live performance records. As a result, suspicions are raised that the band and music were created by artificial intelligence (AI).
The band denied the AI creation theory through its own SNS, but did not respond to requests for interviews with media such as the BBC.
It was the report of the American music media 'Rollingstone' that made the confusion even worse.
According to the outlet, "Andrew Frelon, who claims to be the band's spokesperson, "Velvet Sundown's music was created using the AI tool "Suno""." However, shortly afterwards, Rolling Stone reported again that the man was actually a false figure to deceive the media.
Even on the band's Spotify page 'The person and we are irrelevant, and there is no evidence to prove his existence' was posted.
Velvet Sundown's music is an indie ballad centered on male vocals and guitar, which contains lyrics that are somewhat difficult to understand, making it difficult to tell whether it is written by humans or created by AI.
As a result of using its AI detection technology, the French music streaming company 'Deaser' determined that Velvet Sundown's music was '100% AI generation'. However, Spotify has yet to make an official statement.
Controversy surrounding AI music continues.
Musicians around the world are concerned about the problem of unauthorized use of their sound sources for AI learning.
Several artists, particularly Elton John and Dua Lipa, have called on the UK government to legislate on AI copyright, but have not been accepted.
An artist rights protection organization says, "This is the very situation artists have been afraid of."AI companies are stealing artists' works, making products, and then pouring similar products into the market, robbing real human creators of their profits." he criticized.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
