Spotify To Remove Neil Young’s Music After Demand

Rolling Stone reports:

Following Neil Young’s demands that his music be removed from Spotify in protest of dissemination of Covid-19 misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast, the streamer will take down his music, Young wrote in a letter on his website on Wednesday. Spotify also confirmed the news in their own statement.

Young posted a since-deleted letter on his website on Monday addressed to his management and record label demanding his music be removed from Spotify, noting that the company can have “Rogan or Young. Not both.”

The Wall Street Journal first reported the news that Spotify will take down Young’s catalog. While his music is still on the platform at press time, it will likely be off Spotify within a few hours.

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Right wingers are falsely claiming that Spotify is making the move to spite Neil Young even though he made the request himself. As for Junior’s tweet, we all know that’s surely a lie.

Breaking: Neil Young’s music is being removed from Spotify, people familiar with the matter say. He requested it be taken down earlier this week over objections to what he said is vaccine misinformation being spread by podcaster Joe Rogan on the service. https://t.co/DxmmDlfls6

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 26, 2022

LOL: Spotify to Take Down Neil Young’s Music After His Joe Rogan Ultimatum https://t.co/0zM4UwCAJs

— Benny (@bennyjohnson) January 26, 2022

So Neil Young pulled his letter to Spotify because it seems he doesn’t even own his music portfolio anymore & therefore has no control. That checks out because he was in our offices a decade ago trying to sell it. We passed! I know because I think I took this pic in DJTs office! pic.twitter.com/2cwYng8q0L

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 26, 2022