Taylor Swift's fans are urging the star to pull her music from Spotify in solidarity with other musicians in the wake of the Joe Rogan podcast controversy.
Commentator Joe Rogan has shocked Spotify users and musicians who use the platform in recent times by welcoming guests onto his podcast, 'The Joe Rogan Experience' who hold controversial views about the pandemic. Rogan has been accused of allowing misinformation to spread as a result.
Consequently, singer Neil Young issued Spotify with an ultimatum - if the streaming giant did not remove the podcast from its platform, then the singer would be pulling his discography from the service.
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Spotify did not adhere to Young's rules, and so fans of the singer can no longer listen to his music via the streaming service.
Other musicians have stood by Young, including Joni Mitchell and Bruce Springsteen guitarist Nils Lofgren, and now Taylor Swift's fans are calling on her to remove her music from the platform, too.
On Twitter, thousands of fans have been tweeting the 'Shake It Off' songstress and asking her to remove her music from the platform.
Mish said: "@taylorswift13 please follow the greats and remove your music from Spotify. Spreading hate and lies should not be ok. You already have made your voice known, stick with it!!!"
Sharon Croft tweeted: "Taylor, I think it is your turn to remove your music from Spotify in protest to dangerous COVID disinformation"
Back in 2014, Taylor removed her music from the streaming platform shortly after the release of her album '1989'. Although the star did not confirm why she made this move at the time, it was speculated that she removed her music to drive album sales, rather than allowing people to listen to the album for free.
In a Wall Street Journal article at the time, Taylor wrote: “Piracy, file sharing and streaming have shrunk the numbers of paid album sales drastically, and every artist has handled this blow differently,
“It’s my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album’s price point is. I hope they don’t underestimate themselves or undervalue their art."
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have also expressed their concerns towards Spotify for hosting 'disinformation'.
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