Things were going well for Cody Fry, a singer-songwriter and producer known for his lush pop songs.
And on Monday his management team called him with exciting news: One of his songs, “Things You Said,” a romantic duet with Abby Cates, was gaining TikTok traction in China.
More than 750,000 videos were created with that song in a single day, Mr. Fry said in a TikTok video.
The sudden TikTok silence came about after Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, pulled its catalog from TikTok after its contract with the platform expired.
In addition to Mr. Fry, who is signed to Decca Records, one of the company’s many labels, Universal artists whose videos went silent include SZA, Taylor Swift and Ice Spice.
Persons:
Cody Fry, Ben Rector, ”, Abby Cates, Fry, Said ”, Taylor Swift
Organizations:
Colorado Symphony, Universal Music Group, Decca Records, Universal
Locations:
Denver, China