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Feb 2024
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Universal Music to pull songs from TikTo...

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Smallzy recaps the momentous move from Universal Music that will see them is set  pull millions of songs from TikTok after a breakdown in talks over payments.

The move would mean the social media platform would no longer have access to songs by artists including Taylor Swift, The Weeknd and Drake.

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