TikTok is putting the spotlight on songwriters

TikTok will now let songwriters spotlight tracks they’ve written or co-written instantly on their profiles. The record of songs will stay throughout the “Music” tab on their profile, much like the one TikTok already affords for artists on the platform. Customers who register as songwriters may even get a “Songwriter” label beneath their account title.

These new options construct upon a few of TikTok’s current instruments for songwriters, together with the “New” tag that seems on newly launched music and the power for customers to avoid wasting a music on a music streaming service. TikTok additionally rolled out a “BehindTheSong” hub in 2023, the place songwriters, artists, and producers can share extra concerning the making of their music, along with the extra lately launched “Off the Report” sequence with artists like Shakira, Charli XCX, and Meghan Trainor.

For now, TikTok is launching its new songwriter options in a closed beta with a “restricted quantity” of writer companions. Songwriters and publishers can join a waitlist to achieve entry to those options sooner or later.