Neil Younger‘s music will return to Spotify, the singer introduced Tuesday.
Younger’s music was initially pulled from the music streamer in early 2022 after the artist printed (and later took down) an open letter telling Spotify to deal with the vaccine misinformation on Joe Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Expertise, or lose entry to his catalog.
The “Harvest Moon” singer’s return to Spotify was not due to a reversal on his authentic stance, Younger clarified in a press release, however as a result of the opposite main streaming providers have now begun presenting Rogan’s podcast because of the podcaster’s new deal introduced this month.
Younger stated in January 2022 that Spotify represented 60 p.c of his streaming income globally, which amounted to “an enormous loss for [his] file firm to soak up,” however that he moved ahead with eradicating his music as a result of he “couldn’t proceed to help Spotify’s life-threatening misinformation to the music loving public.”
On Tuesday, Younger stated that his choice to return “comes as music providers Apple and Amazon have began serving the identical disinformation podcast options I had opposed at Spotify.”
He continued, “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.”
The singer went on to say his return comes with honest hopes that Spotify’s “low res” sound high quality will enhance, “and folks will have the ability to hear and really feel all of the music as we made it.”
He added that his catalog can be out there in “high-res” on Qobuz and Tidal.
On the time of Younger’s preliminary departure, Spotify famous that “we have now detailed content material insurance policies in place and we’ve eliminated over 20,000 podcast episodes associated to COVID because the begin of the pandemic. We remorse Neil’s choice to take away his music from Spotify, however hope to welcome him again quickly.”
