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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

‘TikTok is age-agnostic’: how Kylie and Fleetwood Mac found new young fans

Kylie Minogue
Kylie is the first woman over 50 to break on to the Radio 1 playlist. Photograph: Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images

They have long been a staple of older music lovers’ playlists, but classic stars – from Kate Bush to Fleetwood Mac and Kylie Minogue – are bypassing traditional music platforms to find younger audiences on TikTok, one of the app’s music heads has said.

The platform, once regarded as a teen dance fad, has evolved into one of the key players in the music industry, allowing legacy superstars to connect with fans who were born decades after they started releasing music.

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