Neil Young is putting his music back on Spotify. That's because Apple and Amazon “started offering the same misinformation” on their podcasts that drove Neil Young to quit Spotify more than two years ago. And Young said Apple Music and he can't boycott Amazon Music. If that happens, his music will have “almost no streaming outlet for music lovers.”
In January 2022, Young protested Spotify's failure to curb coronavirus misinformation on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, and demanded that his tracks be removed from the service. He said Spotify “could have a Logan or a Young.” Not both. ” Spotify removed Young's song on January 26th. “Spotify has recently become a very pernicious force through public misinformation and lies about the coronavirus,” Young wrote at the time.
The 78-year-old rock icon, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995, is returning to Spotify. But that's because Apple and Amazon are also sources of disinformation, he said.
“Spotify, the world's number one streamer of low-resolution music. Spotify, which is lower quality than what we created, will once again be the home of my music,” Young announced Tuesday in a post on his website. did.
Young went on to say, “My decision comes after music services Apple and Amazon began offering the same disinformation podcast feature that I opposed on SPOTIFY. Like Spotify. , I can't leave Apple or Amazon because my music would have very few streaming outlets for music lovers.That's why I went back to Spotify.The sound quality of Spotify has improved and people I sincerely hope that you will be able to enjoy the music. Listen and feel all the music we have created. Qobuz and Tidal, where my music is featured, are also all in high resolution.”
Young did not elaborate on the podcast's “misinformation” that Apple and Amazon are allegedly disseminating. However, this could be a reference to Rogan's multi-year renewal with Spotify, which he signed last month, which means that “The Joe Rogan Experience” will no longer be available exclusively on Spotify. Spotify says the podcast is currently available on Apple Podcasts and YouTube, and will soon be available on Amazon Music.
“I hope all the millions of Spotify users enjoy my songs!” Young wrote in the post. “They're all there for you, except for the perfect sound that we created.”
He urged Spotify to introduce a high-quality audio layer, something the audio streamer has long promised but has yet to deliver. “I hope Spotify chooses high-resolution as the answer and makes all music available to everyone,” Young wrote. “Spotify, you can do it!” Truly become number one in every way. You have the music and the listeners!!!! Start with a limited high resolution level and build from there. ”
After leaving Spotify in 2022, Young described the quality of its audio compression as “shitty, degraded, neutralized sound…If you support Spotify, you're destroying the art form.” “It means that you are doing something,” he criticized.
