Joni Mitchell and Neil Young End Spotify Boycott
The artists return their music to Spotify two years after protesting the platform's handling of COVID-19 misinformation.
- Joni Mitchell and Neil Young have ended their two-year boycott of Spotify, returning their music to the platform.
- The boycott was initiated in protest of Spotify's distribution of the 'Joe Rogan Experience,' which they accused of spreading COVID-19 misinformation.
- Despite the artists' protests, Spotify has reaffirmed its commitment to Joe Rogan, recently signing him to a new multi-year deal worth up to $250 million.
- Mitchell's return coincides with the 56th anniversary of her debut album, 'Song to a Seagull,' and follows her winning her 10th Grammy Award in February.
- Both artists had a personal stake in combating medical misinformation, having been victims of polio, a disease eradicated in North America thanks to vaccines.