TikTok’s fallout with Universal Music Group is ruining viral trends and thirsty fancams

/ Leaving a now silent void that once relatably cried, ‘It’s me, hi. I’m the problem. It’s me.’

By Jess Weatherbed, a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.

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TikTok users were not best pleased when the removal of UMG-owned music muted their favorite Pedro Pascal fan edit. Image: 20th Centuary Fox / Canva / The Verge

Remember TikTok’s thirsty Pedro Pascal fan edits? For several months beginning in January 2023, many of us couldn’t open the video platform

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