In support of the legend of Folk-Rock in his fight against the podcast of the American and controversial American animator Joe Rogan, the Canadian singer announced Friday remove his music from the streaming platform.
Le Monde with AFP
The singer Joni Mitchell announced on Friday, January 28 she withdrew his music from Spotify because of the “lies” related to the Cvid-19 disclosed on the platform streaming, like Neil Young had made him shortly before.
“I decided to withdraw all my music from Spotify,” wrote on his site the interpreter of Big Yellow Taxi, in support of the legend of Folk Rock in his fight against the podcast of the American animator Joe Rogan, popular and controversial. “Irresponsible spreading lies that cost people’s life. I’m in solidarity with Neil Young and global scientific and medical communities on this issue,” said the 78-year-old Canadian, who has 3.7 million subscribers. The Swedish platform, which has not reacted.
“Lies are sold against money”
Neil Young had confirmed on Wednesday his spectacular decision to remove his music from Spotify. The American-Canadian singer has 2.4 million subscribers and more than 6 million listeners per month on Spotify, world leader in music streaming. But Joe Rogan’s podcast, an exclusive content of the platform, which accumulates millions of listening, was number one on Spotify in 2021. Joe Rogan, whose contract signed with Spotify last year is estimated at 100 Million dollars, is accused of having discouraged youth vaccination and pushing to the use of unauthorized treatment, ivermectin, against the virus.
“Spotify has become a potentially deadly misinformation place on COVID. Lies sold against money,” said Neil Young, whose gesture was applauded by the boss of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “They can have Rogan or Young. Not the two,” had said Neil Young, whose last album, Barn, came out at the end of 2021. The singer at the long career had said to hope that other artists and records follow him. . By the voice of a spokesman, Spotify regretted the departure of Neil Young, but highlighted the balance between “the safety of auditors and freedom of creation”.