Singer Joni Mitchell announced yesterday that she will follow Neil Young’s lead and remove her music from Spotify in protest of Joe Rogan.
In a statement posted to her website, the 78-year-old Mitchell declared, “I stand with Neil Young!”
“I’ve decided to remove all my music from Spotify. Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” Mitchell explained.
Mitchell then reemphasized, “I stand in solidarity with Neil Young and the global scientific and medical communities on this issue.”
“Read An Open Letter to Spotify: A call from the global scientific and medical communities to implement a misinformation policy,” Mitchell urged.
U.S. House Rep Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sounded off on the move by the two artists in a tweet where she mocked the pair and disagreed with their decision.
“Both Joni Mitchell & Neil Young think they’re truly doing something by taking their music off of Spotify,” Boebert quipped.
Boebert then insisted, “Joe Rogan doesn’t spread misinformation, he has open discussions.”
“When your entire political ideology is based on suppressing discourse, you’re on the wrong side,” Boebert pointed out.
Both Joni Mitchell & Neil Young think they’re truly doing something by taking their music off of Spotify.
— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) January 29, 2022
Joe Rogan doesn’t spread misinformation, he has open discussions.
When your entire political ideology is based on suppressing discourse, you’re on the wrong side.
Mitchell’s career spans six decades and she was awarded the Grammy lifetime achievement award in 2002 as well as being named a Kennedy Center honoree in 2021.
Liberals predictably applauded the decision including “gun safety” advocate Shannon Watts, who suggested, “There are so many ways to force cultural change, and to help preserve our democracy.”
“Grateful to artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell for standing up to misinformation and extremism,” Watts claimed in a quote tweet of CNN’s Brian Stelter, who first broke the report.
There are so many ways to force cultural change, and to help preserve our democracy. Grateful to artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell for standing up to misinformation and extremism. https://t.co/XDMWF32q2g
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) January 29, 2022
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