TikTok has become the go-to platform for discovering new music, new sounds, and seeing what young people are listening to today.
many times in recent timess songs that go viral on TikTok end up succeeding on traditional charts like the Billboard Hot 100 or end up leading the Spotify Viral 50 list.
Now, the company seems to be getting closer to launching its own music streaming service.
Its parent company, ByteDance, recently filed a trademark application with the US Patent and Trademark Office. in May for “TikTok Music,” applying the phrase to a variety of goods and services, including a mobile app that would allow users to “buy, stream, share, download music, songs, albums, and lyrics.”
Other possible use cases for “TikTok Music” in the ByteDance app include an app that would allow users to “live stream audio and video” as well as the ability to “edit and upload photos as playlist cover art” and “comment music, songs and albums”.
ByteDance first filed its “TikTok Music” trademark application in Australia in November 2021 before filing in the United States on May 9.
The idea of ByteDance launching a streaming service called “TikTok Music” in the US in the future to compete with Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music or Tidal is not crazy. ByteDance already has experience in the world of music streaming. In 2020, ByteDance launched a streaming app called Resso, in India, Brazil, and Indonesia. Resso has some of the same features described in the “TikTok Music” archive, such as the ability to create playlists, share songs on social media, and interact with the app’s community.
ByteDance even uses TikTok to redirect their users to Resso. According to a report by The Information, the TikTok app in Brazil comes with a button that redirects users to Resso so they can listen to the full version of a song they’re interested in, a move that helps keep users inside the ByteDance ecosystem. .