Deepfake case study · Audio
The Velvet Sundown deepfake (May 2026)
A band called The Velvet Sundown, which had a verified page on Spotify with 850,000 monthly listeners, prompted accusations that they and their music were AI-generated because they had never given interviews nor had…
- Incident date
- May 2026
- Target
- The Velvet Sundown
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
A band called The Velvet Sundown, which had a verified page on Spotify with 850,000 monthly listeners, prompted accusations that they and their music were AI-generated because they had never given interviews nor had any record of performing live. Their profile now identifies them as a "synthetic music project... with the support of artificial intelligence."