Musical.ly was a Chinese app that became popular for lip-syncing videos and was acquired by TikTok's parent company in 2017. Learn about its origins, features, funding, and why it shut down in 2018.

By bringing together the best of TikTok and musical.ly, TikTok now becomes the world’s number one go-to destination for short-form video content creation and consumption. The upgraded app will offer users an effortless, compelling, and personalized viewing experience.

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Musical.ly was a social media app founded in 2014 by Chinese entrepreneurs Alex Zhu and Luyu Yang. The app was available for both Apple and Android devices, and it topped the app charts until 2018.

Musical.ly was a social media app that let users create and share short videos with music. Learn how it started, how it became popular, and why it was merged with another app in 2018.

It’s the end of the road for Musical.ly, the short-form video app that grew to more than 100 million active monthly users since its 2014 launch — and spawned its own digital stars and passionate...

Musical.ly, the popular lip-sync video app, announced Wednesday (Aug. 1) that it will be absorbed into sister app TikTok, creating one global video platform.

Musical.ly users opened their phones to a surprise today as they found the app replaced with a new logo and name: TikTok.