King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard remove music from Spotify in protest
7King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard remove music from Spotify in protest
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard are among some musicians who are protesting the actions of Spotify CEO Daniel Ek as they are removing much of their music from Spotify.... Ek‘s involvement in leading a $693.6 million round of funding for Helsing was to blame for the decision. Ek helped raise those funds via his venture capital firm Prima Materia, a firm which he co-founded.
..to some this semmed upsetting as Helsing is leveraging and developing AI technology for military applications on the battlefield, leading to uproar from various artists, including Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof and more, and they removed music from the digital provider. .. Spotify has a bad reputation with some artists to begin with,..
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard were initially quiet and not specific ... stating “fu ck Spotify” in a social media post. However, as interest and fan concern over the missing albums began to increase, the group went on to issue a proper statement ..
“Hello friends
A PSA to those unaware: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests millions in AI military drone technology
We just removed out music from the platform
Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better?
Join us on another platform”
As King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard‘s catalog weighs in at 27 full-length albums and many live and semi-official bootleg releases, and EPs, the move was significant at least to the over 1.1 million monthly listeners ..
via theprp.com
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard remove music from Spotify in protest