Taylor Swift’s songs are back on TikTok after her label, Universal Music Group, pulled the pop star’s music from the platform due to an ongoing royalties dispute with the social media giant.
On Thursday, songs from the 34-year-old singer-songwriter’s catalog reappeared on the platform for the first time since Feb. 1, when UMG’s licensing deal with TikTok expired. Swift’s return to TikTok comes a week before the release of her highly anticipated 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” April 19.
The songs that were made available again to TikTok content creators included tracks from the 14-time Grammy Award winner’s “Lover,” “folklore,” “evermore” and “Midnights” albums and her re-recorded versions of her “Fearless,” “Speak Now,” “Red” and “1989” albums.
Only songs from the two albums Swift has yet to re-record — her debut self-titled album and her sixth studio album “Reputation” — did not return to TikTok.
On Jan. 31, UMG announced it had failed to reach a new licensing agreement with TikTok and initiated the removal of its artists’ music catalogs from the platform.
Some of the biggest names signed to UMG include Swift, Drake, Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Elton John, Camila Cabello, Sting, The Weeknd, Bob Dylan, Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Post Malone, Bad Bunny, Kendrick Lamar, Harry Styles, Adele, Brandi Carlile, Pearl Jam, Coldplay and U2.
