Joni Mitchell quietly returned to Spotify, two years after boycotting the music streamer.
Followers observed on Friday that the singer’s music seemingly reappeared on the platform, days after Neil Younger additionally made his return to the audio big. Nonetheless, the “Assist Me” singer has but to handle her return.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Mitchell’s rep and Spotify for remark.
In January 2022, Mitchell introduced that she was eradicating her music catalogue from the streamer in solidarity with Younger. “I’ve determined to take away all my music from Spotify,” she wrote on her web site on the time. “Irresponsible individuals are spreading lies which might be costing folks their lives. I stand in solidarity with Neil Younger and the worldwide scientific and medical communities on this concern.”
Younger initially pulled his music from Spotify that very same 12 months in protest of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation being unfold on Joe Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Expertise. The artist revealed (and later took down) an open letter, calling on the streamer to handle misinformation on the platform.
Earlier this month, the “Harvest Moon” singer clarified that his Spotify return was not due to a reversal on his authentic stance, however as a result of different audio streaming giants have begun enjoying Rogan’s podcast. The podcaster struck a brand new cope with Spotify final month, which included his present being distributed throughout a number of podcast platforms.
In a March 12 assertion, Younger stated his determination to return “comes as music providers Apple and Amazon have began serving the identical disinformation podcast options I had opposed at Spotify.”
He added, “I can not simply depart Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, as a result of my music would have little or no streaming outlet to music lovers in any respect, so I’ve returned to Spotify.”
