Neil Younger is again on Spotify after boycotting the platform over two years in the past, he stated in a brand new blog post. The Canadian singer ditched the platform over vaccine misinformation on the Joe Rogan podcast, later saying he was fed up with Spotify’s “shitty” sound high quality anyway.
Younger returned as a result of Rogan’s podcast is no longer exclusive on Spotify. “My choice comes as music companies Apple and Amazon have began serving the identical disinformation podcast options I had opposed at Spotify,” he stated, with out particularly mentioning the Joe Rogan Experience.
There isn’t any means he may additionally pull his catalog from Apple Music and Amazon as properly, he added, “as a result of my music would have little or no streaming outlet to music lovers in any respect” if he did. Younger additionally expressed hope that Spotify would enhance its sound high quality, whereas shouting out Quobuz and Tidal for presenting his songs in high-res.
“Spotify, you are able to do it! Actually be #1 in all methods. You will have the music and listeners!!!! Begin with a restricted Hello res tier and construct from there!” he wrote. (Spotify did announce that it could launch a HiFi tier way back in early 2021, however it has but to truly accomplish that.)
Fellow Canadian Joni Mitchell joined Younger within the boycott, and her music continues to be lacking from the platform. Each had motive to be incensed concerning the vaccine misinformation on Rogan’s present as each have been victims of polio — a illness that was wiped out in North America because of vaccines.
It is arduous to say how Younger’s boycott affected Spotify, however it actually impacted his funds. Final 12 months, Billboard estimated that pulling his songs from Spotify value him roughly $300,000 in misplaced recorded music and publishing royalties.
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