Singer Joni Mitchell joins Neil Young in boycotting Spotify over Covid-19 ‘lies’
- ‘Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,’ she said in a note on her website
- Neil Young yanked his music from Spotify this week after telling the service it had to choose between him and Joe Rogan, the host of a podcast containing coronavirus myths
Singer Joni Mitchell says she is pulling her music from Spotify over “lies” on the streaming service about Covid-19, just days after fellow musical titan Neil Young did the same.
In a post on her website, the Big Yellow Taxi singer said she was supporting Young, who clashed with Spotify over its wildly popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
“I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify,” Mitchell wrote.
“Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.”
Mitchell’s website also carried a copy of an open letter to Spotify by doctors and other scientists calling on the company to establish a misinformation policy to combat Rogan’s repeated falsehoods and conspiracy theories around the coronavirus pandemic.