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Spotify Listeners deepfake (Jun 2025)

A band named Velvet Sundown, suspected to be AI-generated, gained over 550,000 monthly listeners on Spotify after releasing two albums in June. The band members have no online presence, and their Instagram photos…

Incident date
Jun 2025
Target
Spotify Listeners
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read

A band named Velvet Sundown, suspected to be AI-generated, gained over 550,000 monthly listeners on Spotify after releasing two albums in June. The band members have no online presence, and their Instagram photos appear AI-generated. Concerns are raised about the band's origins, songwriting credits, lack of a producer or label, and promotion via anonymous playlists and Spotify's algorithm. Deezer notes that some tracks may be AI-generated, suggesting the music could be a Suno creation. Photos of the band appear airbrushed and artificial.

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