Neil Young urges employees to leave Spotify ‘before it eats your soul’ in row over Joe Rogan podcast

Neil Younger (left) has hit out at Spotify once more after it stood by Joe Rogan’s (proper) podcast (Image: Getty)

Neil Younger has urged the workers of Spotify to depart the corporate after asking for his whole again catalogue to be eliminated from the streaming service. 

The Grammy award winner, 76, had hit out at Spotify after it stood behind Joe Rogan and his controversial podcast, The Joe Rogan Expertise, after he accused it of spreading ‘vaccine misinformation’.

Neil has now taken to his web site to induce different artists to additionally ask to have their music faraway from the streaming service, and for workers to stop, after blaming the agency’s chief government Daniel Ek for being the ‘downside’ slightly than the podcast itself.

Neil wrote in a press release: ‘To the musicians and creators on this planet, I say this: You should have the ability to discover a higher place than Spotify to be the house of your artwork.

‘To the employees at Spotify, I say Daniel Ek is your large downside – not Joe Rogan. Ek pulls the strings.

‘Get out of that place earlier than it eats up your soul. The one objectives acknowledged by Ek are about numbers – not artwork, not creativity.’

Neil Younger says Daniel Ek is ‘the issue’ not the podcast itself (Image: TORU YAMANAKA/AFP through Getty Photos)

Neil’s marketing campaign to have his music faraway from Spotify additionally triggered different stars to do the identical, together with Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash and the Science Vs podcasr. 

Final month, Neil had penned an open letter, which was seen by The Guardian however later deleted, accusing Joe Rogan of spreading ‘pretend details about vaccines – doubtlessly inflicting demise to those that consider the disinformation being unfold by them.’

Neil requested for his complete again catalogue to be faraway from the streaming service (Image: Richard Isaac/REX/Shutterstock)

The podcaster had beforehand confronted criticism for his views on the Covid-19 vaccine, together with him .

Daniel Ek had instructed his workers that cancelling the podcast was ‘not the reply’ and that he was ‘deeply sorry’ for the influence the controversy was having on them.

He added: ‘Whereas I strongly condemn what Joe has mentioned and I agree together with his resolution to take away previous episodes from our platform, I realise some will need extra.

‘And I need to make one level very clear – I don't consider that silencing Joe is the reply.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted Daniel Ek’s reps for remark.