Spotify Says It Will Pull Neil Young's Music, Reports Say

Olivia Rodrigo, sensation at Spotify Wrapped 2021 1:45

(CNN) --

Spotify will no longer stream Neil Young's music.

Just in case, he asked for it.

A day after the musician expressed in a now-deleted post on his official website that he no longer wanted his music on the platform because of its connection to divisive podcast host Joe Rogan's comments on covid-19 vaccines, the company says which meets Young's request.

"We want all the music and audio content in the world to be available to Spotify users. That comes with a huge responsibility when it comes to balancing both the safety of listeners and the freedom of creators," a Spotify spokesperson said. to The Washington Post in a statement.

• Neil Young wants his music removed from Spotify due to vaccine misinformation on the platform

"We have detailed content policies and have removed over 20,000 Covid-19 related podcast episodes since the start of the pandemic. We regret Neil's decision to remove his music from Spotify, but look forward to welcoming him back soon."

In his post, Young called on his managers and record label to remove his music from Spotify because, according to him, the music and podcast platform is "spreading false information about vaccines, potentially killing those who believe in this spread misinformation." for them".

(Rolling Stone originally reported the text of the post.)

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"I want you to let Spotify know immediately TODAY that I want all my music off their platform," the 76-year-old said in Monday's post, according to Rolling Stone.

"They can have Rogan or Young. Not both."

On his podcast, Rogan has made frequent false and inaccurate claims about 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 putting Rogan on the platform and asking the company to warn its listeners about the misinformation.

"The Joe Rogan Experience" was Spotify's most popular podcast globally in 2021, according to Variety.

It became a Spotify exclusive in 2020, when Rogan signed a multi-year exclusive license agreement with the streaming service.

CNN has reached out to Young's representative, his publicist at Warner Records and Spotify for comment.

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