As Spotify CEO Daniel Ek pours millions into an AI weapons company, bands like Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard are pulling their music from the streaming platform, challenging a model they say was never built for them.
Author: Kristoffer Cornils
Formerly an editor at Groove, Spex, and Field Notes, he has been writing for DIE ZEIT and several other publications since 2019 and is active in radio.