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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Leaving Spotify: Frontman Stu Mackenzie Say They 'Don’t Expect Daniel Ek To Pay Attention'

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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard recently announced their plans to leave Spotify, with frontman Stu Mackenzie saying that they “don’t expect [CEO] Daniel Ek to pay attention” to their exit. The decision was made after it was revealed that Ek’s investment company, Prima Materia, is investing in Helsing, a German company that builds drones and artificial intelligence for military operations. In protest, King Gizzard — as well as other artists — ha…

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At the end of July, Australian band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announced the withdrawal of all their music from the Spotify platform. According to vocalist Stu Mackenzie, the group made this decision as a protest against the CEO of the platform, Daniel Ek, who invested about $600 million in Helsing, an arms company that is creating drones with artificial intelligence for military operations. Recently the singer has given more details about…

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard-Frontmann Stu Mackenzie explains the band's decision to take down their music from Spotify. Psychedelic rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released some new demos at the end of July with the words: "The new demo collection is out everywhere, but not on Spotify (fuck Spotify)." In the course of this, they also removed their entire music catalog from the streaming platform. Now, in an interview with the Los A…

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