Universal’s catalog was removed from TikTok, but Swift’s songs returned to the platform shortly before the release of ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
Taylor Swift is back on TikTok. Since the morning of Thursday the 11th, songs like “You Belong With Me,” “Lover,” “Cardigan,” “Mirrorball,” “Fearless (Taylor’s Version),” “Cruel Summer,” “Cardigan,” “Style (Taylor’s Version),” “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version),” “The Man” and “ME!” are available for social network users to use in their videos.
@Taylor Swift Summer forecast: Cruel. 😎
♬ Cruel Summer – Taylor Swift
The singer’s tracks were off the platform for ten weeks, after UMG (Universal Music Group) and TikTok were unable to reach an agreement to renew a licensing pact that expired on January 31.
Universal accused TikTok of trying to enter into a lower value agreement compared to the previous one and, in this way, unfairly compensate the artists. The group also stated that the company was not willing to take action against the harmful effects of artificial intelligence and piracy.
See this photo on InstagramA post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift)
TikTok denied the allegations, declaring that UMG’s comments created “false discourse.”
Around Swift to the social network seems to have been a planned move, as his new album, The Tortured Poets Departmentwill be released next Friday, the 19th. The artist may have made a separate agreement with TikTok to ensure that the upcoming album has the platform’s help to reach a larger audience.
Source: Rollingstone
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