The snowball of the Spotify-Joe Rogen-Neil-Young affair continues to roll.
The latest branch: Taylor Swift fans are demanding that the star immediately remove her music from the streaming service and stand alongside Young and creator Johnny Mitchell, who also came out against Spotify.
By comparison, Swift alone is responsible for 53 million monthly plays on the service - several times more than Miang (6 million plays) and Mitchell (3.7 million plays), which cater primarily to an older and less online audience, combined.
That is, despite being valued as quality and beloved artists, they provide far less traffic than the pop swift star, and the bottom line is that traffic is the key word.
Thus, if Spotify also loses the 32-year-old star, one of the world's leading solo artists today, the consequences will be enormous.
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"The simple fact is that one Taylor Swift tweet could end Joe Rogen," one of the singer's fans wrote on Twitter, receiving about 7,000 likes, while another tweet said "Who else would think it would be amazing if Taylor Swift punished Spotify for that? That she would abandon them for choosing Joe Rogen's lies over Neil Young's music? "
It should be noted that Madonna and Adele fans are also demanding that they end their engagement with the service as a sign of protest, however so far none of the three have expressed their position on the issue.
"I mean it seriously."
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On the other hand, another superstar stood by Rogen: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson expressed his willingness to participate in the controversial podcast, against the background of Rogen's promise to now provide a more balanced stage in everything related to Corona (and at the same time as Spotify herself promising to take similar action , A promise that helped the company's stock recover slightly after last week's collapse).
"Great job, bro. I look forward to airing your broadcast and sharing a bottle of tequila with you," the Hollywood actor wrote in response to Rogen's recent remarks on freedom of expression for both parties.
To be continued.
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