Musician Joni Mitchell has seemingly ended her boycott of Spotify two years after she protested the streaming platform over podcast host Joe Rogan’s show being added to the service.
Mitchell joined fellow musician Neil Young in his protest against Spotify for hosting Rogan, removing her music in 2022 over Rogan’s controversial statements on the COVID-19 vaccine and claiming that “irresponsible people” were spreading lies. However, her music has recently made an unannounced return to the platform.
As of Monday morning, Mitchell has made no comment on her music returning to Spotify.
Mitchell is best known for songs including “A Case of You,” “California,” and “Big Yellow Taxi,” the latter of which has over 168 million plays on Spotify.
Young, known for songs including “Heart of Gold,” “Harvest Moon,” and “Old Man,” announced earlier this month that he would return to Spotify, though he took a few jabs at the platform in announcing his return.
“Spotify, the #1 streamer of low res music in the world — Spotify, where you get less quality than we made, will now be home of my music again,” the statement read.
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Mitchell’s return to Spotify comes after she attended this year’s Grammys, during which she won the best folk album award. Last year, she was awarded the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song by the Library of Congress.
Rogan, best known for hosting the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Spotify, signed a new multiyear deal with the platform last month that is estimated to be worth upward of $250 million.
