by The 14-time Grammy winner’s music was removed from the app on February 1 due to a failed licensing deal between TikTok and Universal Music Group
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Taylor Swift will be performing at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in February 2024 in Melbourne, Australia
Taylor Swift is back in action on TikTok.
On April 11, TikTok users were happy to see the singer’s catalog return to the app, with songs from her latest album, midnightto her re-recorded albums, incl 1989 (Taylor Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version). Only the 2017 albums are not included Reputation and her first self-titled album from 2006, both eagerly awaiting re-recordings.
Since February 1, her songs, along with the work of many other chart-topping artists, have been missing from TikTok after Universal Music Group (UMG) and the app did not reach a licensing agreement. According to a statement released by the label, TikTok was unwilling to “reach anything close to a market rate deal” to fairly compensate artists and failed to “meantly address its obligations as a social platform ” on hot button issues like the rise of AI. The deal expired on January 31, prompting the removal of all UMG artist catalogs from the app the following day.
The statement said that UMG was living up to its “responsibility towards our artists to fight for a new agreement under which they are properly compensated for their work, on a platform that respects human creativity, in an environment that is safe for all, and which is effectively modified. .”
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Swift’s catalog is the first to return to TikTok, more than two months after it was removed.
From the 13-time Grammy winner’s collection, the app includes some of the most frequently used songs Folklore‘s “cardigan,” which has been used in more than 1.3 million videos, as well as lover‘s “Cruel Summer,” and “Style (Taylor’s Version)” from 1989 (Taylor Edition).
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Taylor Swift’s music returns to TikTok
The 34-year-old’s repertoire returns to the app one week ahead of his 11th studio albumDepartment of Tortured Poets, It is set to perform. Earlier this week, Swift performed some lyrics from her upcoming album in honor of the March 8 solar eclipse.
On her Instagram Story, she shared a link to pre-order the album as well as a video of a typewriter typing out a series of lyrics that sounded like a new song: “The crowd is getting on their fingers / Half moon, total eclipse. “
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Days earlier, Swift surprised fans again by sharing a series of curated playlists on Apple Music, sorting many of her favorite songs into the five stages of heartbreak: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
To deny it, Swift created a collection of songs like “Lavender Haze” and “Style (Taylor’s Version),” calling the playlist I Love You, It’s Raining My Life Songs, and telling Apple Music that the songs were about “to be so caught up. the idea that you have trouble seeing the red flags, which can lead to moments of denial and maybe a little delusion.”
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Taylor Swift arrives at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February 2024
On The You Don’t Get to Tell Me About Sad Songs, Swift tackles anger with songs like “Bad Blood (Taylor’s Version)” and “We Are Never Getting Back Together (Taylor’s Version).” She told Apple Music that she’s learned that the “healthiest way” to express her anger is to “write a song about it, and then often, that helps me deal with it.”
With Am I allowed to cry? Songs, Swift dives into the bargain with tracks like “Soon You’ll Get Better” and “This Is Me Trying.” She explained that these songs embody the act of “trying to make a deal with yourself or someone you care about.”
Swift tackles depression with Old Habits Die Screaming Songs, which includes songs like “Champagne Problems” and “Forever Winter (Taylor Version),” and delves into “the feelings of depression that often go through my song.”
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The final playlist is I Can Do It with a Broken Heart Songs, which shows acceptance and includes songs like “You’re On Your Own, Kid” and “Long Story Short”.
Swift said the final collection of songs “equal to make room for better in your life, making that choice because many times when we lose things, we also find things.”
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