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This Popular Rock Band Is Pulling Its Music From Spotify: Here’s Why

GLOBAL, JUL 30 – Several indie and rock bands have removed their music from Spotify to protest CEO Daniel Ek's investment in Helsing, which develops AI military software and drones.

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"Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better? Join us on another platform," the band said.

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"They're shooting themselves in the foot," warns media business expert Steven De Hertogh of artists who are pulling their music from Spotify. Several bands, including Otto-Jan Ham's Hairbaby, are doing so out of dissatisfaction with investments made by the streaming platform's CEO. But can they, and the conscious consumer, turn elsewhere?

·Antwerp, Belgium
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Many more artists, including King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Deerhof and Xiu Xiu, are withdrawing music from Spotify in a protest against the CEO's investment of Daniel Ek in a technology firm...

·Romania
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Daniel Ek, CEO of the 'streaming' platform, is the founder of Prima Materia, a company that has injected capital into the manufacturer of drones Helsing'The swimmer in the secret sea', 50 years being considered the saddest novel ever written Since the British Financial Times made some revelations about the business activities of Daniel Ek, founder and CEO of Spotify, some musicians have decided to abandon the platform. This paper revealed that E…

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Australian band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard decided to withdraw all his music from Spotify, denouncing his CEO's investments in artificial intelligence-led military drone technology. A radical stance against Spotify's ethics In an Instagram publication, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announced [...]

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Eldiario.es broke the news in Spain on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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