meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Colin and Samir Show

Is TikTok ruining the music industry? (Our interview with AJR)

The Colin and Samir Show

Colin and Samir

Business

4.9703 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Today on the Colin and Samir Show, we interview the band AJR on the economics of music, building an audience and how TikTok has impacted the music industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Is that a problem in the music industry that there can be tons of people who've heard your music but don't know who you are?

0:05.6

How do you, within 20 seconds, make the most interesting sounding song?

0:09.3

You guys feel like internet kids to me.

0:12.0

I was so convinced that no matter how many people were there, they were all there to make fun of us.

0:15.6

What is the business of music?

0:17.0

Every other country is the artist and pays the writer.

0:19.8

What's the logic behind that?

0:21.2

That's not really art. That's content. That's the end of the road for you, right? There's nowhere

0:25.6

else to go. Today on the Colin and Smir Show, we're joined by Adam, Jack, and Ryan of the band

0:31.0

AJR. Now, if you're unfamiliar with AJR, you've actually probably heard their music. Their song

0:36.6

The World's Smallest Violin has seen over 10 billion views on TikTok, and the music

0:42.3

video has 170 million views on YouTube.

0:45.3

In this episode, we talk about the TikTok vacation of the music industry.

0:48.3

We talk about how to build a community online that'll show up for you physically.

0:52.3

And we talk about how AI will impact the future of creation for all of us.

0:56.8

These guys are awesome.

0:57.9

We had such a great conversation with them.

0:59.7

They also just put out an album called The Maybe Man, which has totally been on repeat in my car.

1:05.0

I absolutely love it.

1:06.1

I think you guys will really enjoy this conversation with AJR.

1:14.3

AJR. AJR, welcome to the show.

1:15.7

Thank you.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Colin and Samir, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Colin and Samir and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.