As the Spotify-Neil Young-Joe Rogan controversy continued to rage on Saturday amid a firestorm of criticism toward the streaming giant, an image reading “Delete Spotify” appeared on Spotify’s own platform in a very unexpected place: the homepage of the ‘90s alt-rock band Belly — and only on desktop, not on phones.
A rep for Spotify did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
Variety was unable to immediately reach a band rep for comment on Saturday afternoon, however, judging by Belly’s social media accounts, they are no fans of Spotify’s payment policies or its stance on Rogan. “Strictly from a business standpoint: Heinous enough that @Spotify doesn’t pay its artists but to use that revenue to fund Covid disinfo thereby prolonging the pandemic which has kept all of us from touring income makes it even more obvious #cancelspotify + #maskup…
