King Gizzard retire from Spotify for their bonds with military drones

King Gizzard withdraw their music from Spotify. The band explained that they do it for the links with military drones of the CEO Daniel Ek.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have retired all their catalog of Spotifywhich includes 27 albums Study, direct and compilations. The Australian band announced its decision July 25 Through his social networks, where he also published his new work and explained that he will be available on all platforms except Spotify.

According to the band, the measure responds to the investments of the spotify CEO, Daniel Ekin military technology based on artificial intelligence. EK It is co -founder of Prima Mattera firm that led an investment of 600 million of euros in Helsinga company dedicated to the development of drones and military software.

In a message posted in its Instagram stories, the group explained: "Spotify invests in military technology. We remove our platform music. Can we press these technocrats to act better?" They also encouraged their audience to listen to their music on other platforms.

🦎king Gizzard officially informs that he eliminated practically its spotify catalog in boycott of the platform and its CEO Daniel EK, who invested millions in Helsing, a German defense company specialized in combat drones promoted by AI pic.twitter.com/jgiaz0srdg

- Merytheroadie (@mariaraad_) July 25, 2025

In recent years, Spotify He has been criticized by musicians who question both their compensation policies and the business decisions of its directive.
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