A viral band on Spotify is probably AI — but there’s no label to tell you

AI slop songs are flooding Spotify — and the latest hit is by an indie rock band called The Velvet Sundown. The track’s success has intensified the ongoing debate on whether or not music streaming sites should label AI-generated songs.

The group has attracted 474,341 monthly listeners on Spotify in under a month. Its top track, “Dust on the Wind” — which sounds similar to the 1977 Kansas hit “Dust in the Wind”  — has been played over 380,0006 times since its release on June 20.

The Velvet Sundown was first flagged as potentially AI-generated by Reddit users, who pointed out some suspicious signs. 

A profile picture that looks as if it was created by AI. An Instagram account filled with images of band members that look…weird. And a bio with a purported quote from Billboard magazine saying their music sounds like “the memory of something you never lived ...