Somebody should have tipped Pink Floyd off to TikTok’s knack for re-popularizing decades-old music, as a result of the band has formally joined the platform.
Along with importing their catalogue to TikTok’s sound library, permitting followers to make use of their music in their very own movies, Pink Floyd have additionally made an account of their very own, the place they promise in an announcement to submit “distinctive video content material.” The band’s account launched as we speak, Could thirtieth, in accordance with the fiftieth anniversary of the day they entered the studio to begin recording The Darkish Aspect Of The Moon.
Regardless of its status as a dancing app, a very good chunk of TikTok’s 1 billion+ customers are likely to soundtrack their movies not with Sizzling 100 pop, however traditional rock and various. In 2020, a viral video launched Fleetwood Mac’s “Desires” again into the Billboard charts for the primary time since 1977, whereas Pavement’s 1999 B-side “Harness Your Hopes” grew to become such a viral sound on the app that the band made a music video for the monitor over twenty years later.
Earlier this yr, Pink Floyd launched their first tune in 28 years, utilizing the proceeds from the monitor to profit the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund. Plus, earlier than they joined TikTok, they uploaded a ton of Nineteen Seventies-era reside albums to Spotify for followers’ enjoyment — although they did pull their music from streaming companies in Russia and Belarus.
