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An indie rock band with more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify has owned up to being an AI-generated music project following days of speculation about whether the group was real.

Named Velvet Sundown – seemingly a nod to Lou Reed's band The Velvet Underground – the digital group has become a viral hit, generating ferocious online discussion after racking up hundreds of thousands of listens.

An updated Spotify profile, consulted on Tuesday by AFP, admitted that the group was an "ongoing artistic provocation".

"All characters, stories, music, voices and lyrics are original creations generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools employed as creative instruments," Velvet Sundown's profile added.

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Posted by Bjorn Cyborg

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Posted on 7/14/25 at 1:30 pm to John88

I liked them before they were sellouts

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Posted by lsudave1

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Posted on 7/14/25 at 1:36 pm to John88

But are they better than the Velvet Underground

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Posted by 777Tiger

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Posted on 7/14/25 at 1:37 pm to John88

again?

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Posted by Boondock Saint

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Posted on 7/14/25 at 1:39 pm to John88

For the third time in a week! Come on man, try to search first......

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Posted by Rize

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Posted on 7/14/25 at 1:41 pm to Bjorn Cyborg

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I liked them before they were sellouts

I liked them on the 1st thread but not the 5th.

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Posted by Shexter

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Posted on 7/14/25 at 1:43 pm to John88

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Posted by caro81

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Posted on 7/14/25 at 1:56 pm to John88

is this the german cover band of the other guys we talked about already?

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Posted by auggie

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Posted on 7/14/25 at 3:35 pm to John88

Musically, it's put together well. Sounds like a cross between Bad Company, LZ and Mike and the Mechanics.
Lyrically, it's just somber lines thrown together without a real cohesive theme. Like a teenager might write.
Some lines even seem to contradict other lines.
Something ominous must be happening, but what is it?
Anybody can make up their own nightmare scenario. Maybe that is on purpose?

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