Overview

• The Velvet Sundown has amassed about 1.4 million monthly Spotify listeners, with its single “Dust on the Wind” approaching two million streams.
• Powered by AI trained on human-generated music and lyrics, the band released three albums totaling 39 tracks within six weeks.
• Spotify admits it has no industry-wide metadata standard for disclosing AI involvement and will consider implementing one when available.
• Rights groups, AI experts and some listeners are pressing for mandatory AI-content labeling and stronger regulations to ensure transparency and protect artists’ rights.
• An international CISAC report warns that unchecked AI music could cost songwriters up to €10 billion in revenue over the next four years.