Artist Joni Mitchell raises the volume of demand for music and podcast publisher Spotify. The iconic singer-songwriter, who participated in the protests of a group of medical professionals and rock artist Neil Young, announced that he plans to remove his work from Spotify after false claims about the COVID-19 vaccines published on the platform.
“I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” Mitchell said in a short post on his website, adding: “Irresponsible people are spreading lies that cost people their lives. I am in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this.”
Neil Young had recently withdrawn his catalog from the service and criticized Spotify and its most popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, for spreading false information about the vaccine. He also started the #DeleteSpotify movement by quoting a letter written by more than 250 doctors, nurses, scientists and educators.
Mitchell, the artist behind songs like Big Yellow Taxi, Help Me, and A Case of You, also included a link to the same letter. Rogan’s podcast, virologist and vaccine skeptic Dr. He reminded me of an episode with Robert Malone; He pointed to a critical post about Malone on information control site PolitiFact and urged Spotify to establish a policy on misinformation.
In 2020, Spotify made its service the exclusive home of Rogan’s podcast, in a licensing deal that The Wall Street Journal reported was worth more than $100 million.
Spotify has not yet commented on the subject…
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