PopEmergency Pronounshe/him ARTPOPster 1,065 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) Kakao M, the main distributer and streaming service (Melon) in South Korea has taken down every single song under their wings from Spotify. This seems to be a reaction for Spotify launching in South Korea on February 1st. In case anyone wants to know: BlackPink is not distriburing through Kakao, they are still available, same with BTS Artists that are gone include EpikHigh, LOONA, MAMAMOO Edited February 28, 2021 by PopEmergency 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Moderator 22,179 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 minute ago, PopEmergency said: Melon, the main distributer and streaming service of music in South Korea has taken down every single song under their wings from Spotify. This seems to be a reaction for Spotify launching in South Korea on February 1st. In case anyone wants to know: BlackPink is not distriburing through Melon, they are still available, same with BTS Artists that are gone include EpikHigh, LOONA, MAMAMOO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopEmergency Pronounshe/him ARTPOPster 1,065 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 The fact that they deleted "HIP" by MAMAMOO the japansese version ist still up but it's not the same Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwasd Pronounsthey/them A Popster Is Born 14,586 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopEmergency Pronounshe/him ARTPOPster 1,065 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 BAKXUEVOAAKKHAAHAFUFDHJALAL THEY REMOVED CLs STUFF TOOOO I CAN'T 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagaschickens ARTPOPster 1,583 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, PopEmergency said: Kakao M, the main distributer and streaming service (Melon) in South Korea has taken down every single song under their wings from Spotify. This seems to be a reaction for Spotify launching in South Korea on February 1st. In case anyone wants to know: BlackPink is not distriburing through Kakao, they are still available, same with BTS Artists that are gone include EpikHigh, LOONA, MAMAMOO loona's last three eps are gone and im losing my mind songs like hide and seek, why not, and 365 are already gone from my playlists. excusé moi while i go cry over this 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Popster This Way 900 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Some people are saying Spotify is actually responsible because they couldn't get the rights to stream this music in Korea. It wouldn't surprise me. Spotify is this huge service and Kpop makes up a small part of their revenue, as opposed to Kakao M. who is entirely dependent on K-pop. Spotify can afford to lose K-pop streaming for awhile, while Kakao is probably losing a huge chunk of revenue with world wide streaming gone. People can switch to Apple or Youtube Music, but both are tiny compared to Spotify. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProjectJoanne PronounsHe/Him ARTPOPster 2,177 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, gagaschickens said: songs like hide and seek, why not, and 365 Here’s some alternatives: 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagaschickens ARTPOPster 1,583 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 21 minutes ago, ProjectJoanne said: Here’s some alternatives: thank you 💀 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagaschickens ARTPOPster 1,583 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 okay so hyuna's music is off spotify too, and i just want to talk with whoever came up with idea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach PronounsHe/Him The Popster 162 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 i don't know what's worse, the fact i laughed when i read this or the actual situation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopEmergency Pronounshe/him ARTPOPster 1,065 Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 28 minutes ago, zach said: i don't know what's worse, the fact i laughed when i read this or the actual situation i guess it depends on the perspective artists: screwed over without a say in it the overall market: exploiting their monopol in the streaming market is bad kpop-haters: best time of their lives fans: screwed because they possibly have to switch services Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazybadbich97 Pronounsshe Popster This Way 567 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 wwhat my cl is gone is taemin gone ??? No my taemin music ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopEmergency Pronounshe/him ARTPOPster 1,065 Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 On 3/1/2021 at 4:36 PM, crazybadbich97 said: wwhat my cl is gone is taemin gone ??? No my taemin music ... CL is up on Spotify again 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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