Artists such as Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash and India Arie soon followed. Young was the first major artist to remove his music from Spotify in protest of Rogan and the COVID misinformation spread on his Spotify-exclusive podcast. He has also confirmed Spotify will attach disclaimers to podcasts covering topics such as COVID-19. In a letter to the Spotify staff over the weekend, Ek announced the company would be investing USD 100 million in "marginalized" groups, although he did not specify exactly how that money would be spent. The podcast host has apologized for both situations, particularly the latter. 1 rated show on the platform, via a reported USD 100 million deal with Spotify.Įk has stayed firm, even as the controversy expanded with the release of a video compiling multiple instances of the popular podcaster using the N-word on his show. In the two weeks since Young asked for his music to be removed from the platform, Ek has made several awkward statements on the issue, all of which said that he does not plan to silence or cancel Rogan, who has the No. The goals stated by Ek are about numbers, not art, not creativity." Get out of the place before it eats up your soul.
To the workers at Spotify, I say Daniel Ek is your problem, not Joe Rogan. In a post on his Neil Young Archives site, Young wrote, "To the musicians and creators in this world, I say this: You must be able to find a better place than Spotify to be the home of your art. According to Variety, Young has targeted Spotify CEO Daniel Ek as the company's chief problem. Music is disposable on streaming services. We put this conundrum to the staff here in the New Music World offices and everyone had a reason that they could contribute as to why we should all consider stopping streaming. The controversy spiralled from the podcaster's use of his platform to air COVID-19 misinformation, to his earlier, frequent use of a racial slur on his show. The Best Reasons To Quit Streaming Music And Start Buying It. Canadian-American singer Neil Young has now urged Spotify employees to quit in the wake of the fallout involving popular podcaster Joe Rogan.
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