Singer Joni Mitchell said on Friday that she was pulling her music from Spotify on the streaming service to “lie” about Covid-19, days after fellow music titan Neil Young did the same.
In Post On her website, the “Big Yellow Taxi” singer stated that she is supporting Young, who clash With Spotify On his wildly popular “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.
“I have decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” wrote Mitchell.
“Irresponsible people are spreading lies which are killing people,” he said.
“I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.”
Mitchell’s website also provided a copy of an open letter to Spotify by medics and other scientists, calling on the company to establish a misinformation policy to counter Rogan’s repeated lies and conspiracy theories surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. it was done.
There was no immediate comment from Spotify.
Young, the voice behind “Heart of Gold” and “Harvest Moon,” had to choose between him and Rogan after revealing the service to his music from Spotify this week.
He accused Spotify of “spreading fake information about the vaccine – potentially causing death” by taking out Rogan’s podcast, which listens to millions.
“Spotify has become the home of life for COVID misinformation,” he wrote. “Lies are being sold for money.”
“I realized I couldn’t continue to support SPOTIFY’s life-threatening misinformation for the music loving public.”
Young had over six million monthly listeners on the popular streaming platform. His fellow Canadian Michelle currently has 3.7 million.
Rogan has a multi-year exclusive deal with Spotify, which is reportedly worth $100 million, and has a massive following.
Critics say his podcast is a platform for conspiracy theories and propaganda, especially on COVID-19.
Rogan has discouraged vaccination in young people and promoted the off-label use of the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin to treat the virus.
In a statement this week, Spotify said: “We want all the music and audio content in the world to be available to Spotify users.
“With this comes a huge responsibility to balance both safety for listeners and freedom for creators. We have detailed content policies and have removed more than 20,000 COVID-related podcast episodes since the start of the pandemic.”
“We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify,” the service said, but hopes to welcome them back soon.
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