King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard further elaborated on why they chose to remove their entire discography from Spotify.
On July 29, the rock band released a new demo collection with an exclamation stating, “out everywhere except Spotify (f--- Spotify), You can bootleg it if you wanna”. They elaborated further on their decision, which stemmed from CEO Daniel Ek’s investments in AI military technology. “A PSA to those unaware: Spotify CEO Daniel Eks invests millions in AI military drone technology,” wrote the band. “We just removed our music from the platform. Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better? Join us on another platform.”
The move followed similar sentiments from the San Francisco band Deerhoof, who elected to pull their 20-album discography from the stre