Taylor Swift turns to promoting Apple Music's curated playlists in new video ad
Once having threatened to boycott the service, pop singer Taylor Swift on Friday appeared in a video ad for Apple Music, showcasing the service's curated playlists.
Swift is seen preparing to run on a treadmill, choosing a playlist called "#GymFlow" from Apple Music running on an iPhone. She begins to run and dance to the song "Jumpman" by rappers Drake and Future, only to get distracted and fall flat on her face.
Prior to the launch of Apple Music in June 2015, Swift briefly threatened to keep her bestselling album 1989 off the service, in protest of the company's royalty policies. Apple initially planned not to pay any royalties on tracks streamed during a listener's three-month trial, which generated complaints not just by Swift but by a number of independent labels.
Swift's reaction was the catalyst for change however, prompting Apple to reverse course the same day as she posted an open letter on the topic. Later that week, she announced that 1989 would be available on Apple Music.
Earlier today, another major pop artist -- Kanye West -- apparently relented to market demand by allowing his album The Life of Pablo to appear on both Apple Music and Spotify. The record was initially an exclusive to Tidal, of which West is a part owner, and the rapper once claimed that it would "never never never be on Apple." Earlier this week however, singles from Pablo began showing up on rival services.
Swift is seen preparing to run on a treadmill, choosing a playlist called "#GymFlow" from Apple Music running on an iPhone. She begins to run and dance to the song "Jumpman" by rappers Drake and Future, only to get distracted and fall flat on her face.
Prior to the launch of Apple Music in June 2015, Swift briefly threatened to keep her bestselling album 1989 off the service, in protest of the company's royalty policies. Apple initially planned not to pay any royalties on tracks streamed during a listener's three-month trial, which generated complaints not just by Swift but by a number of independent labels.
Based on true events. #TAYLORvsTREADMILL @applemusic @Drake @1Futurehttps://t.co/ryUY3Yz7Prhttps://t.co/1eIHjoVIFU
-- Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13)
Swift's reaction was the catalyst for change however, prompting Apple to reverse course the same day as she posted an open letter on the topic. Later that week, she announced that 1989 would be available on Apple Music.
Earlier today, another major pop artist -- Kanye West -- apparently relented to market demand by allowing his album The Life of Pablo to appear on both Apple Music and Spotify. The record was initially an exclusive to Tidal, of which West is a part owner, and the rapper once claimed that it would "never never never be on Apple." Earlier this week however, singles from Pablo began showing up on rival services.
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I find it amusing the Taylor Swift and "Shit-for-brains" West are making news together ... again.
Personally, I could enjoy listening to that woman recite the alphabet.
Cool to see the Apple/Taylor Swift partnership appears to be here to stay. I'm a huge fan of Taylor so I'd be very happy to see more exclusives from her like the 1989 World Tour Movie appear on Apple Music.
(other than those lyrics...)
I fully echo jfc138's post.