AI-generated band “The Velvet Sundown” hits 500K Spotify listens in one month, and music fans are furious

A psych-rock band called The Velvet Sundown has somehow racked up over 500,000 Spotify listeners in less than one month, already releasing two full albums, with a third one on the way in July.

But here’s the catch—there’s a good chance the band isn’t real at all.

Who is The Velvet Sundown?

Even at first glance, everything about The Velvet Sundown feels off. The band’s promo shots posted to an Instagram account by the same name have that uncanny, yellow, smoothed-over...