The Velvet Sundown, via Instagram . The Velvet Sundown burst onto the music scene in early June and in the space of just a few weeks gained an astonishing 400,000 monthly listener

The AI band The Velvet Sundown, who currently have over 900,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, have officially admitted — in a new revision to their Spotify bio — what was obvious to experts and non-experts alike: their music is, in fact, AI-generated.

In an era where algorithms dictate our playlists and artificial intelligence churns out art like a factory, The Velvet Sundown has stormed the music scene, amassing over 850,000 monthly Spotify listeners since June 2025.