Podcast King Joe Rogan took a swipe at Rock Grandpa Neil Young Thursday after Young announced earlier this week that he was returning his music to Spotify following a two year hiatus in protest of ‘COVID disinformation’ on Rogan’s output.
Here’s the backstory if you’re unfamiliar:
Young, who reportedly took a 60% revenue hit from the move, while Spotify did not, initially published a post on his website Tuesday begrudgingly announcing he was returning to the ‘Low Res’ platform.
Rather than admit he may have been wrong, or that he can’t realistically stay off the world’s biggest music platform, Young claimed that because all the other platforms like Apple and Amazon also allow content from Joe Rogan and other so called ‘disinformation’ peddlers, he may as well just go back on Spotify.
Rogan addressed Young’s actions during a conversation about COVID vaccines, stating “By the way, Neil Young came back to Spotify. Congratulations, Neil.”
Rogan added, “His excuse was he said that because all of the platforms are now allowing my disinformation, he should just go back on Spotify too.”
“Great to know you got some ethics,” Rogan added, in an open swipe at the Canadian rocker.
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2 years after his 'COVID misinformation' tantrum, Neil Young announced he was returning to Spotify. Joe Rogan 'welcomed' him back by openly mocking him. "Great to know you got some ethics.” Now it seems Young has backtracked & isn't returning. Report here https://t.co/gTr0euE9xT pic.twitter.com/TKTVHE3D2t
— m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) March 15, 2024
News articles have surfaced in their thousands about how Young is returning to Spotify, and many on social media have labeled him a hypocrite or worse.
“Spotify can have Neil Young or Joe Rogan. You can’t have both.”
— Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) March 14, 2024
Turns out all you have to do is wait a couple of years for Neil to capitulate and then you can. https://t.co/ihOBTvocTi
Just so we’re clear on this… Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify over the seriousness of @joerogan spreading “dangerous misinformation” … but now that this “dangerous misinformation” is on even more platforms Young has decided to, no, not to pull his music from the other… pic.twitter.com/6qdlM4OD54
— Five Times August (@FiveTimesAugust) March 13, 2024
Now, Young has deleted the initial announcement post from his website, and his music has still not appeared on Spotify, indicating that he has changed his mind again.
When previously asked by a fan in a letter (below) if he would ever go back to Spotify, Young responded “Why would I? It sounds like shit.”
Young also revealed that he asked Spotify to put disclaimers on Rogan’s content, but they initially refused to do so. Then he advised that such warnings could be difficult to find and follow.
Spotify did put disclaimers on Rogan’s content after the furore, but they do not appear to be doing it anymore.
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