Spotify backlash offers rare insight into reeling music industry — and struggles of working musicians

THE WASHINGTON POST | Feb. 14, 2022

India.Arie was already tired of the meager checks she was receiving from Spotify when Neil Young decided to bolt from the platform.

Young had clashed with the streaming service over its popular podcast host, Joe Rogan, whom he accused of spreading coronavirus misinformation. The Grammy-winning R&B singer decided she would leave too, citing the low pay and Rogan’s “language around race.”

“So often, we need someone more powerful, someone people actually listen to, to open the door,” Arie said in an interview. So, “when Neil Young opened the door, I walked through, too.”

Leaving, though, proved difficult.

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