The 18 songs of the album “Tiktok Classics: Same and Viral Hits” will be available in August on streaming platforms and in stores.
Le Monde With AFP
Tiktok ventures for the first time on the traditional music market. The social network has compiled part of the greatest musical successes, revealed on the platform and become viral, to make it an album, announced the social network on Friday 24 June.
The compilation will be released on CD and vinyl. Six singles of the album, produced in collaboration with Warner Classics, will be broadcast on streaming platforms on July 8. The 18 songs of the full album Tiktok Classics: same and viral hits will be available in August on streaming platforms and in stores.
“Music is at the heart of the Tiktok experience. With [this album], we want to help make all musical genres accessible to our platform,” said Michael Kümmerle, Tiktok musical operations in Allmagne, Austria and Switzerland.
songs reworked by a German orchestra
Anyone who has spent time on the famous social network will instantly recognize songs, such as No Roots, Alice Merton , or the pleasant song on the piano Pieces, Danilo Stankovic , viewed by 3.4 million Internet users .
“Listening No Roots in a new musical context is inspiring, reacted Alice Merton in a press release. I am enthusiastic about this project and I can’t wait to see how he will come to life.”
All songs have been completely reworked by the German orchestra Babelsberg Film Orchestra. The compilation gives pride of place to the typical airs that can explode on the platform, such as Monkeys Spinning Monkeys, a playful song, which constitutes perfect background music for many light videos.
Ditto for Wellerman Sea shanty , who invaded Tiktok at the beginning of 2021 after an Scottish factor, Nathan Evans, registered singing this folk song from the 19th > century.
The song spread like a trail of powder. Brian May, from the Queen group, and the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber are among those who proposed their version of the song, which has become viral.