Neil Youthful just recently placed his music back on Spotify, finishing a boycott that he started in 2022 to protest the electronic streaming system’s then-exclusive handle Joe Rogan. Joni Mitchell had actually additionally drawn her music from Spotify, in uniformity with Youthful, and she has actually currently signed up with Youthful in his return, as The Guardian notes. Pitchfork has actually connected to Mitchell and Spotify’s particular agents for remark and even more info.
Youthful obtained his music eliminated from Spotify after charging the system of spreading out COVID-19 false information by organizing the preferred Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
When she additionally left Spotify in 2022, Mitchell composed, “I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.”
Rogan’s podcast is no more unique to Spotify, showing up additionally on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and AmazonMusic Therefore, Youthful is currently begrudgingly material with his music getting on Spotify because, were he to take out from all electronic streaming systems, his “music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all,” he composed.
