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Jack Antonoff and other artists are weighing in on Universal Music Group pulling its song catalog from TikTok. After failing to reach a new licensing deal with the social media platform, UMG abruptly announced on Tuesday that it would be pulling its catalog from the social platform which means TikTokers won't be able to use music from artists like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and more.

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00:00I think it's axed backwards and at the very least we should have known.

00:06Jack Antonoff and other artists are weighing in on Universal Music Group pulling its song

00:10catalog from TikTok. After failing to reach a new licensing deal with a social media platform,

00:16UMG abruptly announced on Tuesday that it would be pulling its catalog from the app,

00:20which means TikTokers won't be able to use music from artists like Taylor Swift,

00:24Bad Bunny, Olivia Rodrigo, Drake and more. When asked about the TikTok removal backstage at

00:29the Grammys, Antonoff, who won producer of the year, told press, you've got a whole industry being

00:34like, you've got to do everything, you've got to do everything and here's where you've got to do it

00:38and then one day it's like poof, adding there's a lot of things wrong in the industry. You always

00:43got to make sure, as an artist, you can't get used to being paid last, which they try to get you used

00:48to, but I think it's axed backwards and at the very least we should have known. Best new artist

00:58nominee Noah Khan, signed to UMG's Republic Records, also weighed in on the issue on the

01:03Grammys' red carpet with The Hollywood Reporter. It's a shame for the developing artists, for sure.

01:08I'm very, very lucky to have built a career over eight years and built a fan base. I hope that

01:13it's resolved, of course, but I like to believe that there was music being made before TikTok

01:16and that there's a way around this and there's a way through it. Universal Music Group wrote a

01:20blistering open letter to artists and songwriters titled, Why We Must Call Time Out on TikTok,

01:26Uncited Artist Pay, the Harmful Effects of AI and Online Safety for TikTok Users, among its reasons.

01:33For more updates to this story, head to THR.com. And for the latest entertainment news and updates,

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