Taylor Swift edited her music video for “Anti-Hero” days after its release after backlash over one of the scenes. The singer directed the video herself, in which she experiences “nightmare scenarios and intrusive thoughts.” One …
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Facebook Is Launching Officially-Licensed Music Videos
Facebook is reportedly preparing to launch officially licensed music videos. At the time of this writing, Facebook hadn’t publicly confirmed the rumored introduction of licensed music videos. However, the ample details offered by currently circulating …
Blackpink Awarded 5 Guinness World Records for Multiple YouTube Records
Blackpink’s historic record earns the K-pop group five Guinness World Records. The music video for “How You Like That” garnered over 86.3 million views when it dropped on June 26. It snatched a previous record claimed by BTS, who lost…
VEVO Expands Into Australia and New Zealand
As part of an ongoing effort to establish a foothold in potentially lucrative (and possibly overlooked) markets, music video platform Vevo has set its sights on Australia and New Zealand. The music video platform revealed today that it intends to open …
YouTube Paid the Music Industry More Than $3 Billion In 2019, CEO Says
YouTube has the lowest per-stream payouts in the streaming music business — a dubious distinction for years. But platform CEO Susan Wojcicki says it all adds up. Why Wojcicki dropped the big news on a Friday before a three-day weekend is anyone’…
Katy Perry’s “Roar” Music Video Surpasses 3 Billion Views — One of 9 Videos to Cross the Threshold
On the heels of a multimillion-dollar copyright infringement ruling and accusations of cultural insensitivity, Katy Perry finally has some good news to celebrate: “Roar” has received over three billion views on YouTube. Here’s the Katy Perry vid,…
After Huge $170M Fine, YouTube Music Puts Limits on ‘Made for Kids’ Content
After a $170 million dollar fine, Google is making some changes to YouTube Music content for kids. In September 2019, Google agreed to pay a record fine for violating child privacy laws. Regulators successfully argued that Google illegally harvested pe…
CMT Pledges To Give 50% of All Video Plays to Female Artists
CMT says it will evenly split music video airtime between male and female artists. The former split favored male artists 40/60%. CMT says it is stepping up to help ensure gender parity in the country music genre. A study released last year showcased wh…
35 Years Later, A-ha Reissues Its ‘Take On Me’ Video in 4K
The Norwegian pop band A-ha has released a 4K remastered edition of the video that accompanied their 1984 hit song “Take On Me.” The original video utilized an animation technique called rotoscoping, in which an artist draws over live-actio…
YouTube Blocks Chanukah-Themed Parody of Lil Nas X’s ‘Old Town Road’
It is being reported that YouTube took down a Chanukkah parody video because of copyright violations, despite the claimant allegedly not providing what content the video infringed. A Capella Orthodox Jewish group called the Maccabeats produced the vide…