When artists started the next great Spotify exodus around July, spurred by CEO Daniel Ek’s $600 million investment in a German AI military drone company, the general consensus was that it won’t really make much of a difference. The bands who left leaned indie, with decent fanbases. But nothing close to the scale it would take to make more than a little ripple in the water.
Initially, it was King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof, and Xiu Xiu who kicked off the exodus around the same time. Leah Senior and David Bridie followed, as did Godspeed You! Black Emperor just last month. Other artists left quietly, or weren’t as publicly reported on outside of local outlets. Now, though, longtime trip-hop figurehead Massive Attack announced their departure. Not just from Spotify, but from all streaming platforms in Israel.
Currently only consisting of two original members, Robert “3D” Del Naja and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall, Massive Attack has often been openly critical of government policies and other plaguing issues in the U.K. and abroad. In protest of Daniel Ek’s business dealings with military tech, the duo have asked their label, UMG, to pull their entire catalog.
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