James Blunt jokes he will release new music on Spotify in Rogan protest

James Blunt has jokily threatened to launch new music on Spotify if the audio streaming service doesn't take away a podcast by the US commentator Joe Rogan that has been criticised for selling anti-vax views.

The English singer-songwriter wrote on Twitter on Saturday:

If @spotify doesn’t instantly take away @joerogan, I'll launch new music onto the platform. #youwerebeautiful

— James Blunt (@JamesBlunt) January 29, 2022

When a Twitter person queried whether or not Blunt meant as an alternative to say he wouldn't launch new music, one other person commented: “He means he'll. It’s a typical joke of James’s on Twitter that his releasing music is a detrimental factor for the world.”

Blunt’s feedback come after Joni Mitchell grew to become the second high-profile musician after Neil Younger to take away their music from Spotify in protest in opposition to the platform’s promotion of the podcast The Joe Rogan Expertise.

Younger had demanded Spotify take down his songs except episodes of the podcast he thought-about to comprise false details about Covid vaccines have been eliminated.

The Canadian-American musician publicly accused Spotify on Monday of “spreading faux details about vaccines – probably inflicting dying to those that consider the disinformation being unfold by them”. “They will have Rogan or Younger. Not each,” he mentioned.

A lot of Younger’s followers and supporters of his pro-vaccine stance known as for different artists to comply with his lead. The hashtags “I stand with Neil Younger” and “CancelSpotify” have been quickly trending on social media.

Mitchell, 78, mentioned eradicating her music from the platform was an act of “solidarity with Neil Younger and the worldwide scientific and medical communities”.

“Irresponsible individuals are spreading lies which might be costing folks their lives,” she mentioned.

Spotify started to take away Younger’s music on Friday, saying it regretted the transfer and hoped he would return to the platform quickly.

Blunt added the hashtag #youwerebeautiful to his intervention on Twitter, in reference to his 2005 tune You’re Lovely.