The platform is globally releasing a self-service
Jess Weatherbed
TikTok has a new tune-hyping tool.
'Pre-Release' feature for Artist accounts that allows musicians to easily promote forthcoming album releases. Fans can automatically save unreleased albums to their Spotify or Apple Music libraries so that they don't miss the album drop and can listen to them instantly upon release.
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