Musical.ly users now get access to songs on Apple Music

A new partnership between Apple and Musical.ly is set to bring more tunes to the creation tool/social network. Musical.ly is an app that lets you create and share your own 15-second music video using parts of songs and various video and visual effects. Now, you can select songs from Apple Music’s library to play with. At the same time, Musical.ly will let you listen to full songs from Apple Music within the Musical.ly app and create playlists from there. The deal helps out Apple in the sense that it has also been trying to boost the visibility of video in its own Apple Music ecosystem. Musical.ly is available for download on iTunes, Amazon app stores, and Google Play.

🚨🚨 Did you know?? We’ve teamed up with @musicallyapp to bring you full versions of your favorite songs without having to leave the app! pic.twitter.com/3eC21V6cme

— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) April 28, 2017

Source: Engadget

‘Carpool Karaoke’ series launch gets delayed to ‘later this year’

Apple’s first original TV series, Carpool Karaoke: The Series, was supposed to come out this month. But it looks like that isn’t happening. The series’ debut is pushed back to “later this year.” A premiere party for the shows was supposed to happen last month but that got postponed. It was pushed to Monday but got pushed back again because of the delay of the show’s launch. Apple won’t say what’s been causing the delays.

Carpool Karaoke: The Series stars the likes of James Corden, Will Smith, Alicia Keys, Seth MacFarlane, Chelsea Handler, Blake Shelton, John Cena, to name a few. Taken from the “Carpool Karaoke” segment from The Late Late Show with James Corden, the new show will have 16 half-hour episodes and will “surprise fans” as they see “big stars belting out tunes one lane over.” When it premieres, the show will be exclusively available on Apple Music.

Source: MacRumors

Jay Z pulls music catalog from Apple Music and Spotify

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Seems like an odd move at this time but Jay Z has pulled out all his solo work from Spotify and Apple Music. Tidal, the streaming service that the hip-hop star owns, will be the only place you’ll get to stream all his music. According to Spotify, his catalog was pulled “at the request of the artist.” This isn’t the first time he’s taken away his songs. When Tidal launched, he took out is debut album, Reasonable Doubt, from all streaming services. His Blueprint series has been removed as well. The only other service that has most of his catalog (except for Reasonable Doubt and Blueprint) is Google Play Music.

Source: The Verge

Apple Music brings iOS 10 treatment to Android app

Apple Music on Android gets a significant update as version 2.0 of the app gets released. One of the biggest things is the redesign of the app to get a user interface similar to iOS 10 design. You can now see large headers to show which section of the app you’re in. The app has been simplified into four main categories: Library, For You, Browse, and Radio. Your playlists are now viewable via Library and the New section is now under Browse. In your Library, you’ll also be able to see easily your Downloaded Music. The Now Playing interface is similar to the iOS version and includes the card-like interface as well as the ability to read song lyrics as you listen to the song. The update is now rolling out to Google Play Store or through Apple’s site.

Source: 9to5Mac