

In an update on his official website, Young explained the thinking behind the decision to pull his music. Then be free and take the good path.Neil Young plans to pull his music from Spotify over Joe Rogan COVID misinformation Look, one last time at the statements EK has made. Notice that EK never mentions the Medical Professionals who started this conversation. The only goals stated by EK are about numbers - not art, not creativity.

Get out of that place before it eats up your soul. To the workers at SPOTIFY, I say Daniel Ek is your big problem - not Joe Rogan. To the musicians and creators in the world, I say this: You must be able to find a better place than SPOTIFY to be the home of your art. Your grandchildren will thank you in history.

For their continued funding of the fossil fuel damage even as the global temperature keeps climbing, I say take your money from the accounts of these American banks today: Chase Citi Bank of America Wells Fargo Join me as I move my money away from the damage causers or you will unintentionally be one of them. In our age of Climate Chaos, I say ditch the companies contributing to the mass fossil fuel destruction of Earth. To the baby boomers, I say 70 percent of the country’s financial assets are in your hands compared with just about 5 percent for millennials. Find a good clean place to support with your monthly checks. In our communication age, misinformation is the problem. Other artists, including Young’s former bandmates David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Stephen Stills, expressed their support, but did not have the same ownership control that would allow them to likewise remove their work. In the wake of Young’s departure, Joni Mitchell said that she, too, wanted her music removed from the platform. Spotify removed Young’s work from the platform at his request in late January, with Young citing the misinformation of Joe Rogan’s podcast as his primary motivation. In Young’s latest missive, he also encouraged his audience to divest from major American banks, naming Citi, Wells Fargo, Chase, and Bank of America. Pitchfork has contacted representatives for Spotify for comment. “Join me as I move my money away from the damage causers or you will unintentionally be one of them,” he wrote. Neil Young has issued another statement about Spotify, this time encouraging its employees to quit their jobs and other artists-not just musicians-to remove their work from the platform.
