TikTok Music is now available in select markets

Nearly two weeks after the service's first launch in Indonesia and Brazil, TikTok is expanding the availability of its new subscription-based music streaming platform, suitably dubbed TikTok Music, to other markets. Today marks the beginning of a restricted beta test that TikTok is opening up to a select group of users from Australia, Mexico, and Singapore. Those who participate will receive a three-month free trial of the TikTok Music service.

A TikTok Music subscription costs AUD11.99 ($8.18 USD) per month in Australia, MXN$115 ($6.87 USD) in Mexico, and S$9.90 ($7.47 USD) in Singapore, according to information provided on the regional websites that have already been launched. Additionally, family subscriptions for up to six accounts and a subsidized subscription for college students are offered for TikTok Music.

TikTok Music is a new kind of music service that combines the power of music discovery on TikTok with a music streaming service offering millions of tracks from thousands of artists.

Although TikTok Music has a separate app, users may also connect their regular TikTok accounts to the new streaming service in order to listen to, share, and download music that they come across on the social networking site. On the main TikTok service, users will be able to share their favorite TikTok Music songs and artists with their community.

Users of the site can import their music library, download songs to listen to them offline, make collaborative playlists, see lyrics in real time, and locate songs by searching for their lyrics, among other things. Additionally, the site offers a Shazam-like feature to identify songs heard nearby and enables TikTok Music subscribers to communicate with other users by leaving comments.

However, the firm stated in its press release that it will have "more news to share on the launch of TikTok Music in the coming months." There is presently no information available regarding when TikTok Music will be available globally. ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, first applied for a trademark for TikTok Music in Australia back in November 2021. Later, in May of last year, a second application was made with the US Patent and Trademark Office, providing some assurance that ByteDance still intends to introduce the social networking site TikTok Music in the US despite the government's concerns.

The music industry already recognizes TikTok as a major player. Since its debut in 2016, the platform has contributed to the success of numerous hit songs by guiding users to new artists and songs through viral trends. It makes obvious that TikTok would want to directly compete with streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music since many of these songs are compiled into specific TikTok playlists on competing streaming platforms. In order to expand its audio library, the corporation has agreements in place with Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group.