Earlier this month, over 400 musicians—including MJ Lenderman , Massive Attack , and Yaeji —and labels, among them Bayonet , 10k , and Pan , signed up for a campaign asking distributors to block their music from streaming in Israel. Now, Björk has joined their ranks. The Icelandic legend has not issued a statement on her participation in the embargo, but her name is now listed among the artists on the No Music for Genocide website.
No Music for Genocide’s mission statement calls on artists and labels to join the cultural embargo in protest of “Israel’s genocide in Gaza; ethnic cleansing of the Occupied West Bank; apartheid within Israel,” repression of pro-Palestine activism, and the music industry’s links to “weapons and crimes against humanity.” The campaign arrives as