{"id":14826,"date":"2025-07-02T10:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T19:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/argency.com\/the-velvet-sundown-the-first-band-created-by-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T06:17:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:17:28","slug":"the-velvet-sundown-the-first-band-created-by-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/argency.com\/en\/the-velvet-sundown-the-first-band-created-by-ai","title":{"rendered":"The Velvet Sundown: the first band created by AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"14826\" class=\"elementor elementor-14826 elementor-12533\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4d8138 e-con-full ed-body e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a4d8138\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39dc654 container ed-article__head e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"39dc654\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Velvet Sundown: the first band created by AI?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da1cec9 ed-article__lead ar-reveal elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da1cec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Barely a month ago nobody had heard of this band.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1808a83 e-con-boxed ed-wide ed-hero e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1808a83\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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world.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>The curious part?<\/strong><\/p><p>Everything seems to indicate that behind this musical project there is no flesh-and-blood band, but an algorithm.<\/p><p> <\/p><p><strong>Signs that raise suspicion:<\/strong><\/p><ul>\n<li><strong>Generative cover art: <\/strong>the covers display floating eyes and dreamlike deserts, images typical of AI models like Midjourney and DALL &#8211; E.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Musicians with no digital trace: <\/strong>Gabe Farrow, Lennie West, Milo Rains and Orion &#8220;Rio&#8221; Del Mar, the band&#8217;s supposed members, do not appear on social media or in music databases.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Phantom quote in Billboard: <\/strong>the Spotify biography claims the magazine described them as &#8220;the memory of something you never lived&#8221;. A simple search shows this review does not exist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19fdcac ed-figure ar-mask elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19fdcac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ab67616d0000b273ac2280575c3a684f1be9d5ae.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14828\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ab67616d0000b273ac2280575c3a684f1be9d5ae.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ab67616d0000b273ac2280575c3a684f1be9d5ae-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ab67616d0000b273ac2280575c3a684f1be9d5ae-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da261d7 ed-figure ar-mask elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"da261d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13499684.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14829\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13499684.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13499684-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/13499684-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bbc83a ed-figure ar-mask elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4bbc83a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1676\" height=\"942\" src=\"https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EsT5mNnqovwwizCBuZZj9.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-14830\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EsT5mNnqovwwizCBuZZj9.jpeg 1676w, https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EsT5mNnqovwwizCBuZZj9-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EsT5mNnqovwwizCBuZZj9-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EsT5mNnqovwwizCBuZZj9-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/argency.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/EsT5mNnqovwwizCBuZZj9-1536x863.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1676px) 100vw, 1676px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acc5199 ed-prose__h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"acc5199\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What do the platforms say?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7d2104 ed-prose elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7d2104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p> <\/p><ul>\n<li><em><strong>Deezer<\/strong><\/em> places a clear warning: &#8220;Some tracks may have been created using AI&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and Amazon Music<\/strong><\/em> stay silent, though they keep the &#8220;Verified Artist&#8221; check<\/li>\n<\/ul><p> <\/p><p>On top of that, studies carried out by Deezer state that in April <strong>18% of new tracks<\/strong> uploaded to the platform <strong>were AI-generated content<\/strong>, up from 12% in January.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc990ea ed-prose__h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc990ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are this \"band's\" plans?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01152c3 ed-prose elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01152c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>On their Instagram and Spotify profiles they are already talking about their third album. 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DLkgrpnKbM-\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by The Velvet Sundown (@thevelvetsundownmusic)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4adda2 e-con-boxed ed-read e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d4adda2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b83642a ed-prose__h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b83642a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is AI taking control?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afffb42 ed-prose elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afffb42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Not necessarily. What it is doing is getting stronger and stronger.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Users&#8217; AI queries are two to three times longer than normal search queries, which means the company knows not only what people are looking for, but also why.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">However, AI models, designed to deliver the most probable answer, are not suited to to produce striking campaigns. In a world where any company can create acceptable ads, it will be more important than ever to <strong>generate content that stands out.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3533c3b ed-prose__h2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3533c3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why does it matter to our agency?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d487d48 ed-prose elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d487d48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">If The Velvet Sundown really is a &#8220;synthetic band&#8221;, we are looking at a before and after, and the message is clear: for the music industry, and for those of us who plan creative campaigns, <em><strong>authenticity and transparency<\/strong><\/em> are and will be critical currency in the next wave of content. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">More than an alarm, it represents a strategic opportunity. 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