{"id":779,"date":"2025-07-17T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/tiktok-is-putting-the-spotlight-on-songwriters\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:00:00","slug":"tiktok-is-putting-the-spotlight-on-songwriters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/tiktok-is-putting-the-spotlight-on-songwriters\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok is putting the spotlight on songwriters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/TikTok-Songwriter-Features-.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">TikTok will now let songwriters highlight tracks they\u2019ve written or co-written directly on their profiles. The list of songs will live within the \u201cMusic\u201d tab on their profile, similar to the one TikTok already offers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/30\/23981397\/tiktok-artist-accounts-music-streaming-spotify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artists on the platform<\/a>. Users who register as songwriters will also get a \u201cSongwriter\u201d label beneath their account name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">These new features build upon some of TikTok\u2019s existing tools for songwriters, including the \u201cNew\u201d tag that appears on newly released music and the ability for users to save a song on a music streaming service. TikTok also rolled out a \u201cBehindTheSong\u201d hub in 2023, where songwriters, artists, and producers can share more about the making of their music, in addition to the more recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/6\/13\/24175408\/tiktok-off-the-record-music-album-releases-video-series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cOff the Record\u201d series<\/a> with artists like Shakira, Charli XCX, and Meghan Trainor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Music is a huge part of TikTok, with the platform helping boost the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/9\/14\/23873516\/billboard-tiktok-top-50-chart-songs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">popularity of songs<\/a> and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/music\/701539\/how-knox-morris-turned-tiktok-virality-into-a-national-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drive TikTokers to stardom<\/a>. It has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/4\/19\/24134795\/taylor-swift-ttpd-tiktok-hub-universal-music-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worked with artists like Taylor Swift<\/a> to build hubs to promote their music, and added the ability for users to save <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/664481\/tiktok-soundcloud-app-music-integration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">songs to their SoundCloud accounts<\/a> in May. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/7\/19\/23800014\/tiktok-music-beta-australia-mexico-singapore-streaming-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In 2023<\/a>, it launched a standalone music streaming app, but shut it down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/9\/24\/24252949\/tiktok-is-killing-its-short-lived-music-streaming-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2024<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">For now, TikTok is launching its new songwriter features in a closed beta with a \u201climited number\u201d of publisher partners. Songwriters and publishers can sign up for a waitlist to gain access to these features in the future.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok will now let songwriters highlight tracks they\u2019ve written or co-written directly on their profiles. 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