Deepfake case study · Multi-modal
Velvet Sundown fans deepfake (Jul 2025)
The band Velvet Sundown, with over a million monthly listeners on Spotify, was revealed to be an AI-generated hoax. The band's members, pictured in publicity images, did not exist beyond their music, which was…
- Incident date
- Jul 2025
- Target
- Velvet Sundown fans
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
The band Velvet Sundown, with over a million monthly listeners on Spotify, was revealed to be an AI-generated hoax. The band's members, pictured in publicity images, did not exist beyond their music, which was created by a generative music creation model. The band's Spotify bio was updated to concede that its output was a 'synthetic music project' created 'with the support of artificial intelligence'.