TikTok and Universal resolve feud, putting Taylor Swift, other artists back on video platform
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Ariana Grande, Drake, Lady Gaga and Rihanna are just some of the artists returning to TikTok — where Taylor Swift's music recently reappeared — with Universal Music Group and TikTok announcing a licensing deal ending a months-long spat.
TikTok's more than one billion users will soon be able once again to use music recorded by UMG artists in their videos, and existing videos with music that had been muted due to copyright violations will be unmuted "in due course," the companies said Wednesday in a joint statement.
The agreement ends a public rift between the two companies over royalties paid by TikTok to UMG artists, which led to the recording giant to pull the entire collection of songs from its lineup of artists off of the platform at the end of January.
