music

• Charli D’Amelio ventures into music with her debut single
• Epidemic Sound provides background audio for videos. A new web series profiles the artists behind that music.

  Vuhlandes is the host of 'Behind the Sound,' a music web series that brings attention to artists whose tracks are available on Epidemic Sound.

  
• How does Winamp plan to return to its glory days? It has a creator-centric music platform in the works.

  Winamp, which is best known as one of the most popular mp3 players of the pre-iTunes era, is offering a 'Creator Pass' for its new platform.

  
• Beyoncé has arrived on TikTok

  Beyonce's first video on her official TikTok account references her new single 'Break My Soul,' off her upcoming album Renaissance.

  
• Want more data about your listening habits? Try YouTube Music’s seasonal recaps.
• ‘Stranger Things’ fans are ‘Running Up That Hill’ and pushing Kate Bush up the Spotify charts
• Creator-facing music platform Slip.stream just raised $7.5 million. One of its investors is one of the ‘Big Three’ labels.
• Halsey called out their record label after being compelled to produce a “viral TikTok moment” for a new song
• TikTok star Ari Elkins is building playlists on Spotify Live. Then he’s releasing them through a new podcast.
• TikTok is starting to look more like a record label
• Rhett and Link are investing in creators who “have the ability to scale.” Their latest target is musician Daniel Thrasher.
• Musicians from TikTok are heading to MTV in hopes of becoming popstars