We have been working with KakaoM over the last year and a half to renew the global licensing agreement so that their artists’ music would remain available to Spotify’s 345M+ listeners in nearly 170 markets around the world.ĭespite our best efforts, the existing licensing deal we had with KakaoM (which covered all countries other than South Korea) has come to an end. Spotify can confirm that starting March 1st 2021, KakaoM’s catalogue will no longer be available to our listeners worldwide due to the expiration of our licence. It is our hope that this disruption will be temporary and we can resolve the situation soon.' 'The fact that we have not yet reached an agreement on a new global deal is unfortunate for their artists, as well as for fans and listeners worldwide. A Spotify spokesperson confirmed the news to Bandwagon, saying that they've been working with Kakao M for the last year and a half to renew the global licensing agreement.

This is heartbreaking as a manager, friend and fan. Meanwhile, EN Management founder Eddie Nam (who manages artists like Epik High and Eric Nam) appealed to both parties to come up with a solution for both fans and artists' sake.Įpik High’s albums, “Epik High Is Here” and “Sleepless in _” are both unavailable on Spotify globally. Regardless of who is at fault, why is it always the artists and the fans that suffer when businesses place greed over art?

He also expressed his frustration at the current situation saying 'Why is it always the artists and the fans that suffer when businesses place greed over art?'Īpparently a disagreement between our distributor Kakao M & Spotify has made our new album Epik High Is Here unavailable globally against our will. On 1 March, songs distributed by Kakao M have been reportedly removed from the global music platform, leaving both fans and artists devastated by the news.Īrtists that had their stuff on spotify deleted, a threadĮpik High's Tablo took to Twitter to tell fans that their latest album, Epik High Is Here, is no longer available to stream on Spotify.

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