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# Want to make it in the music industry? You better go viral on TikTok
- URL: https://werd.io/want-to-make-it-in-the-music-industry-you-better/
- Published: 2022-05-29T16:24:46.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-29T16:24:46.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

Halsey: “Basically I have a song that I love that I wanna release ASAP but my record label won’t let me. I’ve been in this industry for 8 years and I’ve sold over 165 million records. And my record company is saying that I can’t release it unless they can fake a viral moment on TikTok. Everything is marketing. And they are doing this to basically every artist these days. I just wanna release music, man. And I deserve better tbh. I’m tired.”

\[[Link](https://thenextweb.com/news/halseys-record-label-wont-release-a-new-song-until-it-goes-viral-on-tiktok-is-this-the-future-of-the-music-industry)\]