Last Thursday, 1st, all songs by Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and other artists were removed from TikTok; understand!
February has barely started and some artists like Taylor Swift, Harry Styles It is Ariana Grande had their songs removed from the TikTok catalog. The social network took this action after failing to reach an agreement with Universal Music Group to renew the licensing contract.
This removal happened yesterday, February 1st. Since, the agreement between the companies ended on January 31, 2024. It is worth noting that, recently, Universal Music accused TikTok of intimidating the company, in order to sign a contract with a lower value than the previous one.
The tactics are obvious: use the power of your platform to harm vulnerable artists and try to intimidate us into accepting a bad deal that undervalues music and cheats artists and songwriters, as well as their fans. We will never do that”, revealed Universal Music Group in an open letter.
However, in an official statement, TikTok denied Universal Music Group’s accusation “Universal’s narrative and rhetoric is false”. He added: “It is sad and disappointing that Universal Music Group has placed its own greed above the interests of its artists and songwriters.”
Because they did not reach an agreement, all artists who have contracts with Universal Music Group were removed from the TikTok catalog. Additionally, all videos on the platform that contain music licensed by the company will be muted.
In addition to Taylor Swift, Harry Styles It is Ariana Grande, TikTok users noticed the absence of songs from other artists. See some of them below:
- TINI;
- Billie Eilish;
- Olivia Rodrigo;
- Justin bieber;
- SZA;
- ROSALIA;
- Adele;
- Coldplay;
- Alicia Keys;
- Bad Bunny and more!
Source: Recreio
