Neon Oni - The Fake Japanese Metal Band That Became Real!

Someone built a fake Japanese metal band using Suno AI - fake bios, fake music videos, fake residence in Tokyo. They got 80,000 monthly listeners on Spotify. The fans loved them, does it matter that they weren't real? The Japanese metal band Neon Oni was entirely fabricated. No real members, no real Tokyo address and they were doing great until some community sleuths exposed them. They spotted AI-generated hands in the videos and traced the creator back to Europe. But in a crazy twist, the creator's response wasn't to disappear and hide. Instead, they recruited 7 real musicians from actual Tokyo bands to perform the songs live. And the band has since played several shows for their fans. So if the music is loved by the fans, but the music is created by machines, is this anymore fake and deceptive than any of the manufactured music we've seen throughout history?