Kristin Robinson - Billboard
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grace 🎧 | music discovery :
i want to tag them all sooooooooooooo badly but i’m going to be a grownup
2026-07-15 02:17:15
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Cool music bro :
The reality is, everything is a biz now and anything is a billboard.
2026-07-15 02:07:16
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Austin Brown :
Bangladesh is the first truly organic moment (at least on my feed) in AGES. felt like the good ole Tiktok I remember
2026-07-14 18:59:53
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oklovie81 :
I kind of think this is Dr bryanlicious lol but I love him
2026-07-14 16:14:12
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Ethan X Howard :
The music industry not trying to fix an ethical issue? Color me shocked 🙄
2026-07-14 16:32:50
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wellloved1 :
Between the people who complain about AI and wanting disclosure and now this… y’all don’t ask for this much transparency in your marriages and relationships. 😂
2026-07-15 00:59:34
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roscoflevo :
Wasn’t Payola a thing?
2026-07-14 19:03:53
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E Qué :
If you’re paid to promote something or are financially invested in something it must be disclosed. Every-single-time.
2026-07-14 18:36:34
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NotRealMusic :
I honestly don’t know if I could ever do it (not that I’ve been asked). Like yeah, it would be great to make some actual money from this, but I don’t want it to be so shady and fake
2026-07-14 17:27:40
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dasbunker :
lol every influencer talking about darkwave in 2026
2026-07-14 20:27:16
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The Shiny Bug 🪲 :
I also think this may be happening with attorneys when there are high profile legal cases (or even just stories with legal elements) you will have to”attorneys” pop up with takes.
2026-07-14 22:33:15
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Fairy Numan :
Product placement vs paid endorsement
2026-07-14 18:58:45
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Sydney ♪ ༘⋆˚꩜｡ྀི :
idc if it’s not a physical product, paid endorsements are ads and should be disclosed, always!
2026-07-14 21:06:43
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minx :
it doesn't have to be for money. any exchange in kind also counts. so something like a rec for a rec, each of these has a possible monetary value so they get treated just the same. but the music industry isn't the victim here. the artists who never get discovered are.
2026-07-14 17:09:46
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Misha 🇨🇦🇺🇦 :
But they never dooooo
2026-07-14 21:40:43
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Planet Positivity Central :
Been supporting young artists for FREE for about a decade. Have never accepted a cent from anyone - IG, TT, artists, managers, agents, & others keep offering my companies money, but I refuse to accept any money, which is probably why casting directors/producers trust me when I send them an artist - several of whom are now the biggest artists in the world. Maybe one day we’ll accept money, but we want to first build the trust & reputation for truly independent & honest referrals. ✌🏾
2026-07-14 20:57:38
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𝕸𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖊𝖊 :
You should do a deep dive on how some other artists that appeared to blow up natural really blow up. Like Forrest Frank, Jvke ect.. because I feel like many of them seem organic but really are not.
2026-07-14 17:31:19
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Me :
If I notice a trend of particular music influencers saying the same thing verbatim for the same artist, it makes me think that they are all getting paid to promote it
2026-07-14 15:52:54
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MATTHEW BURR :
I’m surprised sign of the times and/or the Beatles 2 of us haven’t charted on the strength of project Hail Mary. What gives?
2026-07-14 16:28:16
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SYDNEY PIKE OFFICIAL :
I’m a small influencer and I never knew this was a thing! I knew people danced to songs on here for profit but not the rest! There are two YouTubers that I suspect are doing this because they go to so many concerts a year and they seem to favor certain releases over others. One even had Benson Boone make a cameo in the video. There’s just no way it wasn’t sponsored despite there not being any disclosure that it was an ad.
2026-07-14 16:09:37
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Tree :
This recently happened with My Chemical Romance seemingly doing an influencer campaign for a cover of Common People by Pulp, and I wish people had read your article 😭 The band wasn’t criticized very heavily, but the influencers got a lot of backlash for following the instructions of the campaign, which were tone deaf regarding classism or maybe even deliberate rage bait. In the face of the backlash, some of the influencers disclosed it was an ad, after the fact, but weren’t really believed. The whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth. As if a stadium selling rock band’s marketing team is above using an influencer campaign. It’s very naive on the part of MCR fans. Discrete marketing like this is absolutely everywhere, I don’t really care at least for simple videos just using the audio, especially being empowered with the knowledge of how common it is. I just focus on if I like the song. The music industry is so bleak right now, especially for smaller artists, I can’t be mad. For reviews and recommendations though, I’m definitely more irate at the lack of disclosure
2026-07-14 16:08:38
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Gannon3502 :
payola?
2026-07-14 15:56:36
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Brendan Getzell :
On some level this is as old as the music industry itself yeah?
2026-07-14 17:42:18
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Mr Bumpy Face :
Discount rates for going in bulk
2026-07-14 17:35:02
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