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Actually, according toHalsey, labels are making TikTok an artists main focus.

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Everything is marketing, Halsey says in the first video, appearing to criticize their label.

And they are doing this to basically every artist these days.

I just wanna release music, man.

And I deserve better tbh.

Manufactured virality on the app can yield successful results.

Case in point: a Doja Cat x Dolly Parton x Mexican Pizza x Taco Belljingle.

Just know, she whispers one video ahead of her jingle.

Even best-selling balladeer Adele wasnt immune to label pressure.

Its true, the cellophane singer posted on May 18 ina now-deleted TikTok.

All record labels ask for are TikToks and I got told off today for not making enough effort.

(Vulture has reached out to their reps for comment.)

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