the singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell announced this Friday that it will follow in the footsteps of Neil Young and remove your music from Spotify as a protest against the broadcast of a popular podcast accused of spread falsehoods about COVID-19 and vaccines against the disease.
Mitchell, one of the most important voices in folk music and winner of eight Grammy Awards, supported in a statement the almost 300 scientists who a few weeks ago warned Spotify that it was allowing the spread of messages that “damage trustin medical research.
“I have decided to remove all my music from Spotify. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people’s lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical community,” the Canadian singer-songwriter wrote on her website.
Mitchell’s decision to withdraw her music catalog from the main streaming music platform comes on a very special day, as the artist should have received the award this Saturday Grammy Person of the Year in a ceremony that has had to be postponed until April due to the coronavirus.
The singer-songwriter is an eminence of popular music thanks to albums like “Court and Spark” (1974), “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” (1975) and, above all, “Blue” (1971), a title that routinely appears among the greatest albums of all time.
Controversy in the most popular podcast in the US
On Wednesday, Neil Young -Mitchell’s friend- also removed his music from Spotify for the same reason. “Spotify has become the home of dangerous disinformation about COVID-19. lies sold for money“, denounced Young today, who encouraged other musicians to distance themselves from the platform.
Earlier, the author of “Harvest” had issued an ultimatum, demanding the removal of his music if Spotify continued to broadcast “The Joe Rogan Experience“, which is considered the most popular podcast in the United States.
The program, which is offered exclusively on this platform after Spotify signed Rogan in 2020 for 100 million dollars, has been repeatedly criticized for promoting coronavirus conspiracy theories and encouraging non-vaccination.
A letter signed by 270 American doctors and scientists warned Spotify a few weeks ago that it was allowing the dissemination of messages that damage public confidence in scientific research and health recommendations.
The company defended that it has a responsibility to find a balance between “the safety of listeners and the freedom of creators” and recalled that since the beginning of the pandemic he has withdrawn over 20,000 episodes of podcasts related to COVID-19 in compliance with its content standards.
Source: Lasexta
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