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Velvet Sundown’s Spotify page also denies “spokesperson” Eric Frelon’s affiliation with the group<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tThe pseudonymous Eric Frelon, who spoke<\/a> to Rolling Stone<\/em> on Wednesday as a spokesperson for the viral AI<\/a> band Velvet Sundown<\/a>, and runs a Twitter account that purports to represent the band, was running an elaborate hoax aimed at the media, he now says in a Medium post<\/a>. The band\u2019s official Spotify page<\/a> also posted a notice insisting that Frelon \u2014\u00a0who \u201cconfirmed\u201d that the band created music with the AI tool Suno \u2014\u00a0is unaffiliated with the band.\u00a0Velvet Sundown currently have more than 700,000 listeners on Spotify.<\/p>\n \n\tA Velvet Sundown X account that\u2019s linked to from the band\u2019s Spotify page messaged Rolling Stone<\/em> early Thursday morning asking for a correction and reiterating their disavowal of Frelon.\u00a0\u201cWe understand the intrigue our project inspires \u2014 and we\u2019re not here to dispel mystery,\u201d the Spotify-linked account Twitter said in a DM early Thursday morning.\u00a0 \u201cBut we are here to correct the record\u2026.The Velvet Sundown is a multidisciplinary artistic project blending music, analog aesthetics, and speculative storytelling. While we embrace ambiguity as part of our narrative design, we ask that reporting on us be based on verifiable sources \u2014 not fabricated accounts or synthetic media.\u201d (The \u201cband\u201d have not yet responded to a request for further comment.)<\/p>\n