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Pink Floyd have today (May 30) joined TikTok, enabling fans to post videos using songs from across their 15-album back catalogue.The legendary rockers, who have reunited for short periods in recent years but are currently inactive, will also post “unique video content” on the account, according to a press release.Each TikTok user will be able to utilise audio clips from the band’s career including tracks ‘Money’, ‘Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)’, ‘Comfortably Numb’, ‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘See Emily Play’ and ‘High Hopes’.Today also marks a significant moment in the band’s history. It’s exactly 50 years to the day since Pink Floyd entered the studio to start recording their seminal album ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon‘, which was released in 1972.The news follows reports earlier this month that Pink Floyd are in talks to sell their back catalogue for millions.

Jason Derulo had fun with friends in Miami Beach this week!

All About Cats released the earnings of the app’s animal accounts Friday, and it’s quite paw-sible that some of its most popular petfluencers make more money than your average bear. At the top of the leaderboard is ThatLittlePuff, a furry gray kitty estimated to earn over $26,400 per post. With 27.6 million followers and over 590 million likes, the cat — with the help of crafty edits by humans — tests recipes and life hacks posted by other users.

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Scots DJ Calvin Harris has sent fans wild as he made his TikTok debut.

TikTok UK has teamed up with JD Sports to launch a three-part series of programmes celebrating rap music and culture, the first edition of which goes live later today, with parts two and three following on 1 and 8 Jun.Called ‘Oi TikTok’, each show will feature, and I quote, “interviews, performances from established and emerging artists, comedy shorts and lots more”. I don’t know about you, but it’s the “lots more” I’m looking forward to most.

Ah, TikTok. It’s the app that has given us so many weird and wonderful (and, admittedly, at times dangerous) beauty trends over the past few years.

Thania Garcia Among the many topics discussed during the Power Marketers of the Music Industry panel at Variety‘s 2022 Entertainment Marketing Summit, clearly TikTok and the importance of fan relationships were at the front of the group’s minds. Moderated by Variety‘s Andrew Hampp, the panel sorted through the many questions surrounding the marketers who are behind some of today’s top and developing music acts.This year’s music marketing panelists included: Krystian Santini of RocNation; Corey Sheridan of TikTok North America; Kendra Ellis of Atlantic Records; Val Pensa of RCA Records; and Alissa Pollack, executive VP of global music marketing at iHeartMedia.Pollack opened the conversation by discussing the key to Doja Cat’s TikTok success: “Doja Cat’s gonna do what Doja Cat wants to do,” she said.

You’ll occasionally see tweets from artists half-jokingly saying they’re waiting to go viral on TikTok so they can live off their music. But Halsey showed that it’s not just indie artists who are expected to have their songs become massive hits on the platform to make their label happy. Over the weekend, Halsey posted a TikTok featuring an audio clip of a yet-to-be-released track with text that reads, “Basically I have a song that I love that I wanna release ASAP but my label won’t let me.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe relationship between artist and label is often perceived as being between art and commerce, but it’s rarely that simple — and that ongoing push-pull has broken into the open with Halsey’s recent social media posts about her label apparently declining to release a new song until there was a viral TikTok “moment” to help promote it.No question: It’s crass when an artist’s creation is reduced to being marketed like a soft drink. On the other hand, the label’s job is to promote the music in the most effective and creative way they can — and in subsequent posts and replies, Halsey wrote, “I value the expertise and work of all the amazing people at my label.

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Halsey is opening up more about how and why her record label won’t release one song of hers unless she goes viral on TikTok first.

was the “viral marketing video” their label was looking for, Halsey replied with laughing emojis. “Bruh I wish it was haha.

Thania Garcia Since Halsey posted a TikTok that her label will not let her release a new song she loves, the singer has sparked an intense debate amongst fans and industry professionals alike on the role the platform plays in the music world. The singer  frustrations at her record label in a TikTok on May 23, claiming that they’re being blocked from releasing her next single for marketing reasons.“Basically, I have a song that I love that I want to release ASAP, but my record label won’t let me,” read the text of the original TikTok Halsey (who uses she/they pronouns) posted that originally stirred the debate.

Halsey has accused her record label, Capitol Records, of refusing to release the first single from her new album. 

Halsey has shared a message claiming that their label are holding a new song hostage until they can “fake” a viral TikTok.Taking to their TikTok page, the singer – who released latest album ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ last year – said in a post titled “I’m tired” that there is new music she wants to release “ASAP,” but that “marketing” is getting in the way and the label won’t let her share the new song.“My record company is saying that I can’t release it unless they can fake a viral moment on TikTok,” Halsey said.“Everything is marketing,” they added. “And they [the label] are doing this to basically every artist these days.”See the TikTok, which includes a snippet of the new song, below.I’m tired ♬ original sound – Halsey Back in March, Halsey teased that she had been writing new music and intends to make “a pop album” for their next release.The singer shared several posts on her Instagram Stories to update fans about their progress, writing: “Due to personal reasons I will be making a pop album.“I have an incredible song that I could put out as a single for radio next but I feel like that’s insane to do bc I haven’t even toured iichliwp [‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’] yet idk,” they wrote in a follow-up post.

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Halsey is speaking out.

Halsey is speaking out against their record label after it allegedly blocked the artist from releasing a new song.

Thania Garcia Halsey vented her frustrations at her record label in a TikTok on Sunday morning, claiming that they’re being blocked from releasing a “song I love” for marketing reasons. “Basically, I have a song that I love that I want to release ASAP, but my record label won’t let me,” reads the text starting the 29-second clip.With the unreleased track apparently playing in the background and a frown on their face, Halsey (who uses she/they pronouns) continued: “I’ve been in this industry for eight years and I’ve sold over 165 million records and my record company is saying I can’t release [the song] unless they can fake a viral moment on TikTok.”Reps for Halsey and their label, Astralwerks/Capitol, did not immediately respond to Variety‘s requests for comment on Sunday.

CHANNEL 4 stars Joe and George Baggs have revealed their mum Lisa loves a bottle of wine or two whilst filming Gogglebox. The Essex-based brothers, who rose to fame on the commentary show but are also TikTok stars, told a hilarious story of their mother's behaviour on Halloween.

JOE Baggs is best known for appearing on Gogglebox with his family, but the star has also built an impressive following on TikTok. The 25-year-old hails from Essex, and first appeared on the Channel 4 show in September 2020.  Joe, younger brother George, and parents Terry and Lisa are famed for their hilarious one-liners on the show, and they're equally as hilarious over on TikTok.

Dove Cameron returned to her social media with a bit of positive news following an emotional post detailing a struggle with her identity.

pic.twitter.com/3F4uIUX2dFGray’s tone at the press conference turned a bit more serious as he discussed the state of cinema and Hollywood and its reliance on turning everything into a franchise. “The whole point should be to inspire creativity. Instead, what we say is, ‘That’s good franchise.’ We used to think of franchises as McDonald’s and Burger King.

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Look, Yumi Nu already won this fight before she even laced up her gloves. But it’s still fun to see her do a victory dance.