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Spokesman For Fake Band The Velvet Sundown Admits He Is A Fake Spokesman
The plot has thickened tremendously. Yesterday Rolling Stone ran an interview with Andrew Frelon, a guy who claimed to be a spokesperson and “adjunct” member of the Velvet Sundown, a “band” made with AI whose songs have now garnered over a million streams total on Spotify.
Spokesman for that fake band you've been reading about admits they're fake
To no one's surprise, the fakery has now been confirmed. Band members Gabe Farrow, Lennie West, Milo Rains and Orion "Rio" Del Ma don't exist, but spokesman Andrew Frelon (not his real name) does, and, in an interview with Rolling Stone, he's come clean.
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Creator of "Indie Band" Who Insisted It Wasn't AI-Generated Just Admitted the TruthThe person behind a "band" that sparked a heated debate for heavily relying on generative AI has finally admitted the truth.
In a statement on its Spotify page, The Velvet Sundown distanced itself from Frelon, stating the band has "no affiliation with this individual, nor any evidence confirming their identity or existence.
The pseudonymous Andrew Frelon, who spoke to Rolling Stone on Wednesday as a spokesperson for the viral AI band The Velvet Sundown, and runs a Twitter account that purports to represent the band ...
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