Wednesday 19 October 2022 12:19 AM Simon Cowell reveals he is launching a Tik Tok-style music app trends now
Simon Cowell has revealed he is launching a new music project in the form of a Tik Tok-style app after putting the X Factor on pause.
The music mogul, 63, has aided the careers of megastars One Direction, Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson and now hopes to launch the next generation.
Simon has hopped on the Tik Tok trend and is taking his search for talent to a new app called StemDrop, which he's launching with producer Max Martin.
Next move: Simon Cowell has revealed he is launching a new music project in the form of a Tik Tok-style app after putting the X Factor on pause
In an interview with The Sun, Simon joked he won't be signing up to the platform himself but hopes it will spark the interest of budding artists.
Max, who is the mind behind huge hits such as Britney Spears' Baby One More Time and Taylor Swift's Shake It Off, will write new songs for the singers to perform.
Simon offered the example of Baby One More Time, which was originally written for TLC who turned it down, and went on to become a global smash hit.
The music man: The music mogul, 63, has aided the careers of megastars One Direction, Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Clarkson and now hopes to launch the next generation (pictured with Harry Styles)
The businessman said: 'I think that song would have been a hit for anyone. I knew it would have been a hit for Five, it would have been a hit for TLC, it was a hit for Britney Spears.
'There have been country versions, alternative versions. It was just a hit song, no question about it, and having that first hit song is the most important part of an artist's career, and also the most difficult part of breaking anyone's career.
Partners in business: Simon has hopped on the Tik Tok trend and is taking his search for talent to a new app called StemDrop, which he's launching with producer Max Martin
'So this really is at the heart of the idea of StemDrop — just imagine somebody who is on TikTok, trying to get some traction, who now has the ability to make their own version of a song written by the most successful songwriter of our time. It's very compelling.'
Simon recently teased a return to the music business by saying he's going to 'announce something soon', despite taking a step back from work earlier this year.
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