Joe Rogan puts Spotify in trouble. His Podcast is accused of disinformation and arouses strong reactions for its deletion. To get it, many artists pull their music from the platform. In this category, India Arie joined Neil Young and Joni Mitchell who removed their songs from the Swedish platform.
Joe Rogan’s Podcast is really starting to disturb and puts the Swedish giant Spotify in the embarrassment. “The Joe Rogan Experience”, the most listened to podcast on the streaming platform in 2021, has started to receive antivax and is part of a major disinformation campaign about the Coronavirus pandemic. Advancing the conspiracy thesis, Joe Rogan and his guests hide in the heads of the nearly 11 million listeners daily, what the scientific and medical community qualifies as Fake News.
Exacerbated, the musical bubble also reacted with first, Neil Young who threatened to withdraw from the platform, these pieces if the podcast was not deleted. ” Spotify can have Rogan or Young. not both “, he said on January 24. Later, he will carry out his threat, with the support of Warner, by withdrawing a good part of his catalog.
Spotify’s reaction to this removal of Neil Young’s content
Spotify tried to reassure and play on freedom of expression to protect its financial interests. ” We want all of the world’s music and audio content to be accessible to Spotify users. This implies a great responsibility in the balance between the security of the listeners and the freedom of the creators. We have detailed content policies in place and have removed over 20,000 covid-related podcast episodes since the pandemic began. We regret Neil’s decision to remove his music from Spotify, but hope to be able to welcome him back soon. “Spotify explained in a press release.
A movement well followed by other celebrities
Spotify’s press release will not have really helped matters. Joni Mitchell also did like Neil by removing his songs from the platform. The Canadian did not go there with the back of the spoon. ” Irresponsible people spread lies that cost people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.”
As if that were not enough, India Arie has joined the group of artists who have resigned from Spotify. She also deleted her songs and made a strong statement on social media to justify herself and support the revolutionary Neil Young.
“I have decided to remove my music and my podcast from Spotify “, she wrote. “Neil Young has opened a door that I MUST walk through. I believe in freedom of expression. However, I find Joe Rogan problematic for reasons OTHER than his Covid interviews… FOR ME, IT’S ALSO HIS language around race. WHAT I’m talking about is RESPECT – who gets it and who doesn’t. »
Indeed, Rogan also spoke about “blacks” by trying to say why they were called that. He went on to say who should be respected and who should not. This reaction elicited many reactions including those of Trevor Noah of The Daily Show.
Returning to India, she did not fail to express her dissatisfaction with Spotifiy’s policy. ” Paying musicians a fraction of a penny? And HIM $100? asks Arie. ” This shows the type of business they are and the company they keep. I am tired. »
James Blunt prefers to denounce while laughing
In the midst of all this energy and campaign against Joe Rogan, the famous artist James Blunt is in his own way putting pressure on Spotify to get Joe Rogan’s podcast removed. He posted a Tweet on Saturday about it with a threat that was admittedly funny, but filled with self-mockery. ” If Spotify doesn’t immediately remove Joe Rogan, I will post new music on the platform “, he threatened with humor, adding the hashtag #youwerebeautiful.
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