Kim Petras’s new single unavailable on major streaming services amid record label dispute
Kim Petras has released her new song ‘Pop Sound’ – but it’s not on major streaming platforms. (Getty)
Pop star Kim Petras has released her new single “Pop Sound” amid an ongoing dispute with her record label, but the song is currently unavailable on major streaming services.
“Pop Sound” is the first song from her upcoming EP Detour, with the pop starlet confirming in a recent video that she will be dropping “a song a week for the next four weeks for free”.
However, “Pop Sound” is currently only available to listen to on YouTube and SoundCloud, and not major streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music.
Last month, the history-making trans artist and “Unholy” singer revealed that she had “formally requested to be dropped” by her record label Republic Records, an offshoot of the Universal Music Group.
She explained that she was “tired of having no control over [her] own life or career” and wished to self fund her own music releases.
“My album has been done for 6 months but my record label has refused to give me a release date or pay my collaborator’s [sic] for the work they’ve done,” she claimed.
PinkNews contacted Universal Music for comment at the time, but did not receive a response. PinkNews has now contacted the corporation for comment on whether “Pop Sound” will be released on major streaming platforms.
After publicly venting her frustrations with her record label, the singer was supported by other artists including Kesha and Grimes.
In a video posted on 6 February, the 33-year-old performer confirmed that “the conversation with [her] label is still happening” and she doesn’t yet have a release date for her new album.
In the meantime, she will spend the next month releasing new music every week.
“I’m so excited for you to hear these songs. I made them with my favourite people,” she said.
“I just wanted to make the next four weeks really, really fun,” she continued. “You’re going to be getting a song a week for four weeks for free. So don’t complain or say s***. I don’t wanna hear y’all saying s*** ‘cos you’re getting four songs in four weeks, and that’s tea.”
On social media, fans of “Future Starts Now” singer have lathered “Pop Sound” with praise and condemned Republic Records for failing to support Petras’s new music.
“I’m sorry but f*** Kim Petras’s record label because what do you mean this era has been a straight 100/10 then they don’t let her release the bible,” one fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
“‘Pop Sound’ really makes Kim Petras sound like [a] pop savior summed into one song,” another fan wrote.
“I hate republic records, this is a hit,” a third wrote.
Kim Petras made music history in 2022 and 2023 with “Unholy”, her collaboration with British non-binary star Sam Smith. In October 2022, she became the first trans woman to the top the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Four months later, she became the first trans woman to win a Grammy Award in a major category, after “Unholy” won in the Best Pop Duo/Group Performance category.
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