Neil Young Says He’s Pulling His Music From Amazon: ‘Bezos Supports This Government’

Neil Young is pulling his euphony from Amazon, the legendary singer-songwriter revealed successful a blog station published connected his idiosyncratic website connected Wednesday (Oct. 8).

In an evident protestation against the Trump administration, Young wrote, “The clip is here. FORGET AMAZON,” nether a header that includes the words, “BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT,” a notation to Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos.

“Soon my euphony volition not beryllium there,” Young continued of Amazon. “It is casual to bargain local. Support your community. Go to the section store. Don’t spell backmost to the large corporations who person sold retired America.”

The revelation came successful a station that included a larger telephone by Young for radical to discontinue buying astatine Amazon and the upscale market concatenation Whole Foods, which the online retail elephantine acquired successful 2017. He besides seemed to telephone for a boycott of Facebook, penning “FORGET FACEBOOK” nether a logo of the societal media platform’s genitor company, Meta. In August, Young near Facebook aft a Reuters study claimed Meta had allowed AI chatbots to pass with minors utilizing “romantic oregon sensual” language.

“We each person to springiness up thing to prevention America from the Corporate Control Age it is entering,” Young continued. “They request you to bargain from them. Don’t.”

The vocalist besides referenced the existent shutdown of the U.S. government, writing, “They unopen down our authorities your income your information your family’s wellness security. Take America Back together, halt buying from the large corporations enactment section business. Do the close thing. Show who you are.”

Young has been openly captious of President Trump implicit the years. Last month, helium released the opus “Big Crime” with his set Chrome Hearts that railed against caller actions by the president — who is ne'er mentioned by sanction — with lyrics like, “No much wealth to the fascists/ The billionaire fascists/ Time to blackout the system/ No much large again.”

Young’s euphony remained disposable connected Amazon Music astatine the clip of publishing. Representatives for Amazon Music and Young’s label, Warner Music/Reprise, did not instantly instrumentality requests for comment.

This isn’t the archetypal clip Young has boycotted a integer euphony provider. In January 2022, the prima pulled his catalog from Spotify implicit its lucrative woody with Joe Rogan, done which it retained exclusive rights to, but not ownership of, the host’s wildly fashionable Joe Rogan Experience podcast. In a station connected his website astatine the time, Young accused Rogan of spreading “misinformation” astir the COVID vaccine connected the podcast. “They tin person Rogan oregon Young. Not both,” helium wrote.

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