Spotify.The company’s extensive back catalogue, which includes music by popular K-pop acts like IU, SISTAR and MONSTA X, was removed from Spotify on March 1 following the expiration of its contract with the streaming service.
At the time, Spotify said that users outside of South Korea would not be able to access Kakao M’s catalogue “due to the expiration of our licence”.
Spotify only launched in the East Asia country on February 1 this year and did not include music from Kakao M.“Despite our best efforts, the existing licensing deal we had with KakaoM has come to an end,” Spotify added. “It is our hope that this disruption will be temporary and we can resolve the situation soon.
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