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Taylor Swift, Drake, and More Music May Exit TikTok as UMG Licensing Deal Nears End


Universal Music Group warned in an open letter that it will stop working with TikTok if the companies can't come to a better licensing agreement.

The music company warned in an open letter that it will stop working with TikTok unless the platform offers better compensation and security UMG threatened to pull its music as its licensing agreement with TikTok is set to expire on January 31 Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images UMG further alleged that TikTok tried to “intimidate” the company “by selectively removing the music of certain of our developing artists, while keeping on the platform our audience-driving global stars.”

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