The popularity of EDM remixes on TikTok should offer food for thought to Nigerian music [LISTEN AFRICA BY PULSE 001]
But by May 2019, a few months after ByteDance acquired Musically and turned it to TikTok, a 19-year-old named Imanbek from Kazakhstan released a fast-paced remix of ‘Roses’ without JHN’s consent. His attempts to reach JHN via Instagram proved abortive. By September 2019, the song took off in Russia and then slowly, it took over Europe. After initially peaking at…
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