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Night Light | Oliver Tree & KSI FLOPPED
Reed Duchscher
January 27, 2023
Reed of the Week
My favorite thing I've seen this week has been the social media tour that KSI and Oliver Tree have been on to promote their new single, "Voices." From Oliver jokingly referring to it as "the worst song he's ever worked on," to KSI's choice of Oliver's forehead tattoo, this has been a great example of how to use social and digital to promote a song release.
Creators have authentic communities and see high conversion rates when they promote their products. Traditionally, most musicians don't build the same communities on the Internet. I believe the next generation of music stars will be those that are digitally native who build audiences similar to YouTubers or TikTokers. The potential for crossover between music and digital is huge, and it's great to see collaborations like this at the forefront of the creator news cycle.
The amount of music being uploaded to Spotify is seeing insane growth, so the key issue for musicians will still be discoverability. It only makes sense that tapping into the massive platforms of the top content creators today is becoming the best way to break out. I also think we'll continue to see more and more creators make the switch to music on their own as well, as seen recently by KSI, IShowSpeed, and others. This will all have a really interesting impact on the existing music industry as it continues to play out.
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Can't Miss Clips
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Business & Entrepreneurship
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