Spotify, Kakao agree to global music licensing deal - In a big relief for K-pop fans, South Korean music distributor Kakao Entertainment music streaming giant Spotify.
March 12, 2021
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K-pop fans can finally listen to their favourite music and artists once again now that Kakao Entertainment (previously Kakao M) and Spotify have settled their disputes.
A week ago, k-pop fans awoke to some of their favourite k-pop music and artists removed from the music streaming service
. Artists under Kakao Entertainment (previously Kakao M), such as Mamamoo, Seventeen and Monsta X were some of the many artists that had their music removed from Spotify. The removal was due to failed negotiations between the entertainment company and the streaming service.
Both fans and artists were shocked and disappointed by Kakao Entertainment’s failure. During the brief period, artists HyunA and Jessi moved to Psy’s label P NATION and group Epik High moved to OURS Co. so that they can re-upload their songs to Spotify.
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As it was reported in a previous post , Kakao Entertainment pulled artists from Spotify, not only in South Korea but globally, and this affected a considerable ammount of korean artists like IU, Apink, Epik High, Code Kunst, Mamamoo, Hyuna, etc.
Today was reported that Spotify reached an agreement with Kakao Entertainment , so the content will be available on the app across the globe (including South Korea)
According to one source, the uproar from fans of the artists affected made Kakao reconsider and return to negotiate with Spotify, with the new terms not being that different from those originally offered.