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Taylor Swift’s Music Returns to TikTok, Despite App’s Ongoing Dispute with UMG

Taylor Swift's catalog returned to TikTok on Thursday, amid her record label UMG's ongoing dispute with the app that began two months ago.

Taylor Swift ‘s catalog is once again available on TikTok, even as her record label, Universal Music Group, is still in the middle of a heated dispute with the influential short-form video platform. TikTok denied UMG’s claims and said the company was putting “their own greed above the interests of their artists and songwriters.” A month later, UMG made an even more drastic move in pulling its publishing catalog, making it so that songs written by UMPG’s writers were removed as well, even if they were recorded by artists at other record labels. As of this article’s publication, music from other UMG-signed stars including Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish and Post Malone remains unavailable.

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