It appears that some of Vevo artists’ channels, including Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande, have been hacked by an anonymous Twitter user.
Last night, fans were surprised to receive a notification from their favorite artist’s channel thinking they had received a surprise release of a new song. Turns out the new content wasn’t for them, or the artists themselves. The new upload was actually from a suspicious hacker who identified himself as @LOSPELAOSBRO on Twitter. The Twitter user had apparently hacked some artists’ Vevo-affiliated YouTube channels.
WARNING: major artists are currently being pirated by @lospelaosbro 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
So far, it looks like Juice WRLD, Eminem, Ariana Grande, Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, Travis Scott, Trippie Redd, Michael Jackson, The Weeknd and more artist YouTube channels have been hacked! pic.twitter.com/UtL6yiKxRF– Music Countdowns (@MCountdowns) April 5, 2022
VEVO has been hacked. Hackers uploaded videos to VEVO-affiliated channels, including Taylor and Harry. pic.twitter.com/rVoC43zhIX
— Filipino concerts (@philconcerts) April 5, 2022
The hacker apparently uploads random music videos to the artist’s YouTube channels, and it seems that the hacker is dedicated to finding the channels of different famous singers and rappers as he was able to hack the channels of Harry Styles, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Lil Nas X, Drake, Eminem, even the late Michael Jackson Channel, and the list goes on.
Some fans were quick to notice the suspicious activity and demanded action, especially with how quickly the hacker is getting their hands on many artist channels:
.@taylornation13Taylor’s YouTube account is hacked by @lospelaosbro. Please take immediate action and remove the video from his channel. pic.twitter.com/oTRS2MI4g7
— Taylor Swift updates🧣 (@swifferupdates) April 5, 2022
.@Ariana GrandeThe official YouTube channel on YouTube has been hacked. pic.twitter.com/1mfrEFyi8K
— Ariana Charts (@chartsariana) April 5, 2022
Michael Jackson’s official YouTube account has just been hacked. And that’s just pathetic.@MichaelJackson Take note. pic.twitter.com/VxgkoaHZcX
—Nan Raghav (@NanRaghav) April 5, 2022
The Official Juice WRLD YouTube Has Been Hacked
How can people be so disrespectful to a dead man, please let Juice rest easy @LilBibby_ please do something about it, it’s beyond shit pic.twitter.com/rMX8iFqVur
— WRLD News (@WorldddNews) April 5, 2022
THEY REALLY HACKED THE ENTIRE MUSIC INDUSTRY 😭💀 pic.twitter.com/GC6uLwDZRZ
— ` (@notfancy_) April 5, 2022
Of course, others took it lightly and humorously added as they faced the situation:
they hacked taylor swift’s youtube channel and i’m waiting for her to post it again pic.twitter.com/XUkb5q6nRn
— taylor swift videos (@taylorclipes) April 5, 2022
Wake up harrryyyyyy one
And the team
Harry’s YouTube was hacked pic.twitter.com/NYa3vMaWch
— AdoreHarryStyles 📚 (@vwillbealright) April 5, 2022
AINT NO WAY HE HACKED ARIANA GRANDE AND HARRY STYLES IN 10 MINUTES pic.twitter.com/88EaYYekYs
— AMIRA (Taylor version) (@zouisbigtoe) April 5, 2022
taylor swift, ariana grande and harry style managers wake up to find they’ve been hacked pic.twitter.com/Dbqy7tR71R
– hongjoong milf protector (@woosansdimples) April 5, 2022
the man who hacked harry’s youtube account pic.twitter.com/8AQAZrjyXe
— Monseꕤ Track #3🏠 (@vodkaskys) April 5, 2022
Luckily, the uploaded videos were quickly taken down and removed from the pirated channels. Meanwhile, fans are still trying to identify the real person behind all the chaos and are hoping Vevo will fix the situation.
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