After a two-year boycott, rocker Neil Young will bring his music back to Spotify.
Young withdrew his catalog in 2022 after lamenting the spread of medical misinformation on popular Spotify podcasts like “The Joe Rogan Experience.” Young’s move prompted a few other artists, including Joni Mitchell and India.Arie, to do the same.
“I first learned of this problem by reading that 200 plus doctors had joined forces, taking on the dangerous life-threatening COVID falsehoods found in Spotify programming,” Young wrote in 2022. “I realized I could not continue to support Spotify life threatening misinformation to the music loving public.”
In a new statement on his website, Young wrote, “My decision comes as services Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation podcast features I had opposed at Spotify.”
Last month, Rogan signed a new nonexclusive deal with Spotify, allowing his podcast to appear on more platforms.