Discussion

• @chriswelch Chris Welch on x

  Neil Young has posted a new letter about his departure from Spotify. He calls the leading music streaming service “the home of life threatening COVID misinformation.” And in the most Neil Young jab ever, he also squeezes in a shot about audio fidelity. https://www.theverge.com/..…

• @donie @donie on x

  Will other artists follow Neil Young off Spotify?

• @scharpling @scharpling on x

  Love the clowns who are laughing as if Neil Young ever thought Spotify would drop Joe Rogen. The guy took a stand, put his money where his mouth is. Forced a shitty company to make a true colors-revealing decision. This is just one of the many reasons Neil is an all-timer.

• @zolajesus Zola Jesus on x

  unfortunately not surprised that a music streaming service which has made a business plan of devaluing music has chosen to maintain good face with a conspiracist podcaster over a legendary musician. they were never about music in the first place

• @evan_greer Evan Greer on x

  the vast vast majority of artists can't follow Neil Young off Spotify because they can't afford to. Spotify's dominance, surveillance practices, and monopoly power are a problem that artists have been sounding the alarm about for years. We need actual policies to address this htt…

• @theonion @theonion on x

  Neil Young Demands Spotify Remove His Music Over Joe Rogan Vaccine Misinformation https://www.theonion.com/... #WhatDoYouThink? https://twitter.com/...

• @shannonpareil Shannon Bond on x

  Spotify spox confirms WSJ scoop that it's removing Neil Young's music, at his request, over his objections to Joe Rogan's podcast. https://www.wsj.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  I suspect Spotify's actual views here are much closer to the laissez-faire take on content moderation that Substack articulated today. But to date, Spotify has been reluctant to actually express that

• @caseynewton Casey Newton on x

  I predict Neil Young won't be the last artist to call for their catalog's removal over a podcast controversy. When policies are unclear and unevenly enforced, trouble always follows https://www.platformer.news/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @page88 Virginia Heffernan on x

  Neil Young is a polio survivor. https://twitter.com/...

• @chriswelch Chris Welch on x

  @warnerrecords Of Rogan's many, many listeners, Young says: “These young people believe Spotify would never present grossly unfactual information. They unfortunately are wrong.” He encourages other artists to remove their catalogs from Spotify to “stop supporting deadly misinform…

• @chriswelch Chris Welch on x

  Young says he couldn't have left Spotify so abruptly without the support of his label, @warnerrecords. This all stems from Young's fierce criticism of misinformation present in Joe Rogan's hugely popular podcast. Rogan is never mentioned by name in this latest letter.

• @jclarachan J. Clara Chan on x

  This is what's left on his artist page. All other songs/albums are now gone https://twitter.com/...

• @bernardzuel Bernard Zuel on x

  As if Spotify, a morals-free zone at the best of times, for whom music is the widget-du-jour, would choose a musician with solid-but-not-spectacular-following over the continuing and expanding shitshow that is MRA/anti-vax/proto-fascist talking heads. https://twitter.com/...

• @mkhammer Mary Katharine Ham on x

  Well, I hope Neil Young will remember, Spotify don't need him around anyhow. https://www.wsj.com/...

• @jd_cot Marc Luber on x

  #NeilYoung almost died of polio as a kid. The vaccine didn't exist when he was born. The illness affected his life for years. He doesn't want others to similarly suffer due to misinformation. Media is missing that detail when discussing his protest of Spotify's irresponsibility.

• @shannonpareil Shannon Bond on x

  Neil Young says leaving Spotify means cutting off 60% of his streaming income — and takes a shot at Spotify's audio quality https://m.neilyoungarchives.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @byyourlogic @byyourlogic on x

  fake music head: it's lowkey really sad that Neil Young isn't on Spotify anymore 😞 real music head: it's lowkey lit how many platforms music is available on

• @kellyscaletta @kellyscaletta on x

  I'm not under the delusion that Neil Young is going to change Spotify's mind. But what if other artists follow suit? What if the choice isn't “Neil Young or Joe Rogan” but “Music or Propaganda?” https://twitter.com/...

• @dianelyssa @dianelyssa on x

  Did anyone think that Spotify was actually going to pick Neil Young over Joe Rogan? At the end of the day, unless Beyoncé, Olivia Rodrigo, Adele, and other top names joined him, his decision was always a moral one that he made for himself. I doubt he even thought it would work.

• @rexchapman Rex Chapman on x

  Neil Young: “I am doing this because Spotify is spreading fake information about vaccines - potentially causing death to those who believe the disinformation being spread by them,” he writes. “Please act on this immediately today and keep me informed of the time schedule.” https:…

• @oliverdarcy Oliver Darcy on x

  “The formal request to remove the music was made Wednesday and could take several hours to take effect across Spotify's service across the world.” https://twitter.com/...

• @blackamazon @blackamazon on x

  Also NEIL YOUNG IS A CHILDHOOD SURVIVOR OF POLIO this isn't just woke signifying https://twitter.com/...

• @ronwaxman Ron Waxman on x

  I have never more respected Neil Young than at this moment. https://twitter.com/...

• @jclarachan J. Clara Chan on x

  Young is also calling on other artists and record companies to leave Spotify. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ ...