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Neil Young wants all his music pulled from streaming service Spotify as quickly as possible, says open letter the veteran rock musician posted on his website which has since been removed. What is the problem? Young doesn’t like the misinformation about vaccines being peddled by Joe Rogan, the podcast host who signed a $100 million deal with Spotify in 2020.
“I want you to immediately let Spotify know TODAY that I want all of my music off their platform,” Young wrote in the open letter to their managers. “They can have [Joe] Rogan o Young. No ambos. «
“I am doing this because Spotify is spreading false information about vaccines, which could kill those who believe the misinformation is being spread by them,” Young wrote. “Please act on this immediately today and keep me updated on the timeline.”
It’s unclear why the statement was removed from Young’s website, but Rolling Stone he captured the message before it was purged. The 76-year-old rock musician has taken issue with streaming music before, but it used to be about the low-quality audio provided in the past. mid 2010s. Today’s fight has to do with the crusade against anti-vaccines and others who are prolonging the coronavirus pandemic.
Rogan, who contracted covid-19 in September 2021, has featured many conspiracy theorists and charlatans over the years. Recently, Rogan hired a virologist named Dr. Robert Malone, who insisted that there was a link between mass vaccinations and something he calls “mass formation psychosis,” something that has no scientific credibility. But Spotify is unlikely to get rid of Rogan, no matter how many cranks it has, as Gizmodo pointed out. earlier this month.
Young pointed to the large audience of the Joe Rogan Experience as a reason to take a stand against his bullshit.
“With an estimated 11 million listeners per episode, JRE, hosted exclusively on Spotify, is the world’s largest podcast and has tremendous influence,” Young’s letter reads. “Spotify has a responsibility to mitigate the spread of misinformation on its platform, although the company does not currently have a misinformation policy.”
If you are a big fan of Neil Young and subscribed to Spotify, you may want to give him one last listen before his songs are removed. But then again, it’s still unclear why Young’s letter to his management team was removed. For all we know, he might have changed his mind.
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