Joni Mitchell's beloved music catalog has returned to Spotify, seemingly ending the musician's two-year disagreement with the streaming service.
Fans noticed the change on Thursday, March 21, when the singer's music reappeared on the platform. “Joni Mitchell music again, this is not a drill,” one excited listener tweeted. Another X user quipped, “Joni Mitchell is making more noise on TL than any pop star this year.”
All of Mitchell's classic albums are back on the platform, but some are tucked away in unusual places. Albums released before 1980, including 1971 blue and in 1972 for rosesunder the “Compilations” tab in a playlist titled “The Studio Albums 1968-1979.”
As of Thursday, Mitchell, 80, had yet to issue a statement about why he changed his tune and rejoined. The iconic singer originally announced that her music would be removed from Spotify in January 2022.
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Her sudden action was a protest against the company, which continues to distribute the podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience.''At the time, Mitchell accused Joe Rogan For spreading misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines on his podcast.
“I have decided to delete all music from Spotify,” the nine-time Grammy winner said in a statement posted on her website. “Irresponsible people are spreading lies and destroying people's lives. I stand in solidarity with… neil young The world's scientific and medical communities are working together on this issue. ”
Young, 78, left the stage just before Mitchell that same month. It was also because of Logan's podcast that he decided to retire.
After Young left, Spotify's co-founder and CEO Daniel Ek Apparently he wrote an open letter about this issue.
“We recognize that we have an important role to play in supporting the expression of creators while balancing the safety of our users,” Ek's statement said. “In that role, it is important to me that we do not position ourselves as content censors, but at the same time set the rules and ensure penalties for those who violate them.”
Ek, 41, also revealed that content advisories will be added to podcasts discussing the coronavirus pandemic.
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Earlier this month, Young had a change of heart and, like Mitchell, moved his music back to Spotify.
He mentioned this news through his website. “Spotify is the world's No. 1 streamer of low-res music. Spotify, which is lower quality than what we created, will once again be the home of my music,” he said on March 12. “My decision was that Apple, the music service, and Amazon started offering the same disinformation podcast feature that I was against on his SPOTIFY.”
Young said he returned to the streaming service “with a sincere hope that Spotify's audio quality will improve so that people can hear and feel all the music we make.”
He further added, “I hope all of you, millions of Spotify users, enjoy my songs. There's no way they're all there for you except for the perfect sound we created.” Not.”
