Artists traditionally decide what to release using a mixture of instinct, management opinion, label feedback and demos. TikTok LIVE adds another possibility: Play the music directly to potential fans before the release exists. TikTok’s Music…
Author: Radar Team
It isn’t really about religion. “Losing my religion” is an expression from the American South meaning something closer to: losing patience reaching the end of your rope or becoming so frustrated that you might lose…
Because “Crisco” is doing three jobs at once. It is the familiar American cooking product. It is a joke about “country” meeting “disco”. And inside Miranda Lambert’s title track, cooking becomes a metaphor for two…
Can you move a song away from DistroKid without losing its Spotify streams? Often, yes. The key is making it easy for Spotify to identify the new delivery as the same recording. Use your original…
Yoto’s rapid expansion is continuing, with the children’s audio company reportedly increasing its revenues by 43% during 2025. The London-based company makes the Yoto Player and portable Yoto Mini, screen-free audio devices that allow children…
A pre-save allows a fan to connect with your upcoming release before it’s available. DistroKid offers this through HyperFollow. What happens when someone pre-saves? The exact functionality varies by music service, but the broad idea…
Laneway Festival has revealed its 2027 lineup, with Fontaines D.C. and Hayley Williams leading one of the festival’s strongest international bills in recent years. The touring festival returns to Australia and New Zealand in February…
A normal cover song is already more complicated than an original recording. Add generative AI and another set of questions appears. Can AI perform the song? Can you clone the original singer? Does a normal…
DistroKid and ONErpm represent two very different approaches to distribution. DistroKid charges artists an annual subscription. ONErpm’s Emerging platform says it charges no registration, annual or upload fees and instead participates in revenue. DistroKid’s model…
Fire in the Mountains returns to the spectacular Red Eagle Campground on the Blackfeet Nation in Montana from 22–25 July 2027. The festival has called its next edition the Year of the Eagle, and its…
