K-pop songs are back on Spotify as streaming platform and Kakao Entertainment Corp. reach agreement

Here's some good news, K-Pop fans!

Your K-pop songs are back on Spotify.

The streaming platform and Kakao Entertainment Corp. have reached an agreement,  making content from the Korean entertainment company available on Spotify across the globe.

“We are pleased that Kakao Entertainment’s content and artists are back on Spotify, allowing our 345M+ global listeners across 170 countries to once again enjoy the music they love," a Spotify spokesperson said in a statement.

Spotify said they are "delighted that our Korean listeners will now also be able to enjoy this local music alongside our 70 million+ songs and 4 billion+ playlists.”

“We remain committed to making a positive impact on Korea’s music streaming ecosystem through our partnerships with artists, labels, and local rights holders,” they added.

Meanwhile, Kakao Entertainment Corp. (previously Kakao M) said the agreement with Spotify “will sequentially provide its music content to Spotify for service in and beyond Korea. “

“Through its diverse partnerships around the world including Spotify, Kakao Entertainment hopes that music lovers around the world can easily access its artists’ and music content to enjoy K-pop,” Kakao added.

The company said they remain “committed to the Korean music ecosystem and its growth and will continue protecting the rights of artists, labels and local rights holders going forward.”

On March 1, Spotify users were surprised after they found missing K-Pop songs on their playlist.

According to a Soompi report Spotify explained that it was "due to the expiration of our original licensing agreement with Kakao M."

According to Soompi, Kakao M distributes a big share of Korean music including 37.5 percent of Gaon Chart’s year-end Top 400 Songs chart from 2020 were Kakao M releases.

The Soompi report listed down some of the K-pop artists whose discographies have been at least partially affected which includes IU, SEVENTEEN, NU’EST, MAMAMOO, Epik High, CL, GFRIEND, MONSTA X, Apink, THE BOYZ, Sunmi, (G)I-DLE, LOONA, SF9, HyunA, 4Minute, VIXX, INFINITE, Dreamcatcher, MOMOLAND, ASTRO, Zico, Block B, BEAST, Jessi, WJSN, AOA, BTOB, Golden Child, VICTON, Lovelyz, PENTAGON, ONEUS, Hyolyn, KARD, Brave Girls, CNBLUE, DIA, Younha, SECHSKIES, and many more.

— LA, GMA News