Category: Technology | Published: 2025-07-17
An Indie Rock Hit, But Who Made It?
The Velvet Sundown appeared suddenly in June 2025 and has since attracted more than 850,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. To give some idea of their popularity, their most streamed track, Dust on the Wind, has been played over 380,000 times, with many listeners noting similarities to the 1977 Kansas ballad Dust in the Wind. However, it seems that no one knows for sure who the band actually is, or whether its members even exist.
Four Names and Not Much Else
The band’s Spotify profile lists the four names of band members as Gabe Farrow, Lennie West, Milo Rains, and Orion “Rio” Del Mar. However, it’s been reported that none of these individuals has any online presence outside the band, i.e., no interviews, no live shows, no solo projects. In fact, their Instagram feed is populated with images that appear to be AI-generated, showing oddly rendered _“band members”_ in stylised poses. Also, a supposed quote from Billboard magazine in their bio ( _“the memory of something you never lived, and somehow makes it feel real”_) has no known source.