Neil Young, a vocal advocate of COVID-19 safety and prevention, doesn't want his music to share a home with vaccine misinformation.
In a now-deleted post on his website, Young asked his managers and record labels to remove his music from Spotify because he said the music and podcast platform was "spreading fake information about vaccines - potentially those Causes death of people who believe in this propaganda. By them." (Rolling Stone originally reported the text of the post as deleted.)
According to Rolling Stone, the 76-year-old said in Monday's post, "I want you to immediately tell Spotify today that I want to take all my music off my platform." "They can have Rogan or Young. Not both."
"Rogan" refers to the highly controversial podcast host Joe Rogan, who has consistently made false and false claims around vaccines and COVID-19. Earlier this month, a group of more than 250 scientists, doctors and nurses wrote an open letter to Spotify, condemning the streamer for staging Rogan and warning its listeners about misinformation. Called for Spotify.
According to Variety, "The Joe Rogan Experience" was Spotify's most popular podcast worldwide in 2021. The Wall Street Journal reported at the time that it became a Spotify exclusive in 2020, when Rogan signed a multi-year exclusive licensing deal with the streaming service worth more than $100 million.
CNN has reached out to Young's manager, his publicist at Warner Records, and Spotify for comment.
Young's manager Frank Gironda confirmed to the Daily Beast that the two had discussed Young's concerns and were "just trying to figure that out." He also said that Young "is deeply disturbed by this propaganda."