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# Lily Allen On TIDAL: Fans Will “Swarm Back To Pirate Sites In Droves”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/lily-allen-on-tidal-fans-will-swarm-back-to-pirate-sites-in-droves/
- Published: 2015-04-06T11:59:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-06T11:59:00.000Z
- Description: Lily Allen have never been once to mince words when she see's injustice. What makes her refreshing is that she's both smart and unfiltered without becoming a hater. Her latest. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/04/lily-allen-on-tidal-fans-will-swarm-back-to-pirate-sites-in-drov
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Social Media, Alicia Keys, Aspiro, Daft Punk, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Lily Allen, Madonna (entertainer), Nicki Minaj, Spotify, Streaming media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![image from sweatrecordsmiami.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08174228970d-150wi "image from sweatrecordsmiami.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb08174228970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)**Lily Allen** have **never been once to mince words** when she see's injustice. What makes her **refreshing** is that she's both **smart and unfiltered** without becoming a hater. **Her latest target? Jay Z's TIDAL** streaming music service.

Musicians Lilly Allen let loose on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/lilyallen?ref=hypebot.com) over the weekend questioning the purpose, value and effect of Jay-Z new exclusive driven paid music streaming service TIDAL.

> i LOVE Jay z so much, but TIDAL is soon expensive compared to other perfectly good streaming services, he's taken the biggest Artists  
>  
> — lily (@lilyallen) [March 30, 2015](https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/582692719744675841?ref=hypebot.com)

> made them exclusive to TIDAL (am i right in thinking this ?), people are going to swarm back to Pirate sites in droves  
>  
> — lily (@lilyallen) [March 30, 2015](https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/582693051807711232?ref=hypebot.com)

> sending traffic to torrent sites. up and coming (not yet millionaires) artists are going to suffer as a result.  
>  
> — lily (@lilyallen) [March 31, 2015](https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/582693896213434369?ref=hypebot.com)

Allen is particularly concerned that exclusive content behind a paywall encourages piracy, and a [Beyonce TIDAL exclusive](https://www.hypebot.com/tidal-delivers-major-beyonce-exclusive-but-you-can-also-watch-it-on-youtube/) track released on Saturday may have already [proven her point](https://www.hypebot.com/tidal-delivers-major-beyonce-exclusive-but-you-can-also-watch-it-on-youtube/). But that;s not her only criticism:

> also, unless TIDAL start sending everyone good quality headphones, the resolution thing is kinda redundant.  
>  
> — lily (@lilyallen) [March 31, 2015](https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/582699772781395968?ref=hypebot.com)

> we should all start making music with shit studio monitors [#bridgingthegap](https://twitter.com/hashtag/bridgingthegap?src=hash&ref=hypebot.com)  
>  
> — lily (@lilyallen) [March 31, 2015](https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/582700030433316864?ref=hypebot.com)

> WE COULD JUST STRIKE TILL THE LABELS GIVE US OUR FAIR SHARE OF STREAMING REVENUE,NOT TAKE ADVANCES, NOT DELIVER MUSIC, FOR THE FUTURE ARTIST  
>  
> — lily (@lilyallen) [March 31, 2015](https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/582702265028513792?ref=hypebot.com)

Also troublesome to Allen is the wealth of TIDAL's 16 artist-partners:

> A REAL REVOLUTION YEAH………..GUYS…………GUYS………….USHER?……….MADGE……. DAFT PUNKS ?? GUYS ???????? \*WAVES AT YACHT\*  
>  
> — lily (@lilyallen) [March 31, 2015](https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/582702784413302784?ref=hypebot.com)

> who have helped me develop as an artist. My concern is that Tidal may set emerging artists back. Hosting exclusive consent from the biggest  
>  
> — lily (@lilyallen) [March 31, 2015](https://twitter.com/lilyallen/status/582935386894282752?ref=hypebot.com)

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