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Pink Floyd Debuts On TikTok

floyd-1.17900200 LONDON - NOVEMBER 16: (L-R) Pink Floyd band members Nick Mason and Dave Gilmour poses backstage with the award for their induction into the UK Music Hall Of Fame 2005, the culmination of the two-week Channel 4 series looking at 1950's-1990's popular music, at Alexandra Palace on November 16, 2005 in London, England. Acts are selected by a panel of over 60 artists, journalists, broadcasters and executives, with artists including Alanis Morissette, The Pretenders and Slash paying tribute to their fellow musical artists at the event. (Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images) (MJ Kim/Nick Mason and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, in 2005. MJ Kim / Getty Images)

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Pink Floyd is reaching a new audience with the launch of an official TikTok account.

Described in the profile as “1 of the most successful & influential rock groups,” the classic rock band has racked up more than 12,000 followers in its first 24 hours on the platform.

The account debuted with a clip of Pink Floyd’s 1973 track “Breathe (In The Air)” that has been viewed more than 373,000 times, followed by a clip of their 1979 crossover hit “Another Brick in the Wall” and the 2019 remix of “Learning to Fly.”

David Gilmour, 76, and Nick Mason, 78, are the only remaining original members of Pink Floyd. In April, they released their first new music in nearly three decades – the single "Hey Hey Rise Up" in support the UN’s Ukraine Humanitarian Fund.