Deerhof they announce the withdrawal of their music from Spotify After knowing the investment of Daniel Ek In military technology with artificial intelligence, adding to other artists who question the ethics of the platform.
The American band Deerhof has announced its intention to abandon Spotify Due to the recent investment of 700 million of dollars made by Daniel Ekfounder of the platform, in a military technology with artificial intelligence. According to the group, this situation generates an ethical conflict, since they do not want their music to be linked to projects related to military technology or contribute to violence. Deerhof They also criticize the growing presence of music generated by artificial intelligence on platforms and questions the Spotify business model, which they consider harmful to artists and users. In any case, much of his discography continues on the platform.
Deerhof They explain that, although Spotify It gives them few income and their main source of profits are tours, they understand that other artists depend more economically on the platform and respect that they cannot abandon in the short term. The band also points out that the growing use of military technology with artificial intelligence by powerful sectors represents a risk for humanity, and do not want their music to contribute to finance these activities. Therefore, they have decided to withdraw their catalog as soon as possible, with the support of their record labels, which will assume the economic consequences of the process.
The band published at the beginning of 2025 His latest album “Noble and Godlike in Ruin“And remember that your music is still available on other digital platforms such as Bandcamp, Apple Music, Tidal either Amazonin addition to their live concerts. This decision of Deerhof adds to that of other artists such as Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and India.ariewho have also retired their music from Spotify for ethical reasons or related to the platform.
