The music of such major artists as Taylor Swift, Drake, and Billie Eilish could vanish from the video hosting service TikTok unless the social media platform can come to a last-minute deal with Universal Music Group.
UMG said it will no longer allow its music on TikTok, which is owned by the China-based company ByteDance, because a licensing deal between the two parties has expired. A new deal has yet to be reached.