The AI 'band' Velvet Sundown's Spotify page also denies "spokesperson" Andrew Frelon's affiliation with the group ...

A Canadian who duped journalists in an elaborate AI music hoax says he apologizes to anyone hurt by his experiment but that ...

The Velvet Sundown confirmed Saturday that its viral success is powered by artificial intelligence.

A Velvet Sundown X account that’s linked to from the band’s Spotify page messaged Rolling Stone early Thursday morning asking ...

The Velvet Sundown have denied links to Andrew Frelon, who has admitted to faking his role as the AI 'band’s' spokesperson.

The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a ...

The Velvet Sundown, Spotify's mysterious breakout band, shocked the music industry by gaining over 400,000 monthly listeners ...

A 'spokesperson' for The Velvet Sundown that gave a statement to Rolling Stone earlier this week has now revealed that he's ...

The real person behind Andrew Frelon is an expert on web platform safety and policy issues, with extensive experience using generative AI. He was born in the United States but lives in Canada.

After stories broke that the band may not exist, the band’s Spotify bio was updated to read that artificial intelligence had been used.

Asked about his motivation for maintaining such a complicated ruse, Frelon said the way the whole thing has played out has become like "artistic jet fuel." "There's so many weird cultural, technical ...