Message from Indivisible:
Dear Reader,
Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE.
Let that sink in. A platform built to connect creators and listeners is helping an authoritarian regime build up its secret police force. They’re choosing complicity over the artists, podcasters, and fans who make Spotify what it is -- and when users and musicians called them out, Spotify’s first act was doubling down.
But we’re not going to idly accept that. We’re going to make them listen.
We’re asking anyone who subscribes to Spotify Premium to cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. Click here to watch step-by-step instructions on how to cancel Spotify Premium.
When ABC/Disney capitulated to the Trump regime by silencing Jimmy Kimmel this year, millions of paying customers spoke up by canceling their Disney+ subscriptions and putting off their Disney vacations. It worked.
The same people-power that made ABC/Disney reverse course can work on Spotify. Spotify needs its listeners and subscribers far more than it relies on advertisers. If enough of us cancel our subscriptions, it’ll send a clear message that's too loud for Spotify to ignore.
To catch Spotify leaders’ attention and compel them to stop capitulating, we need to move fast and in unison, so we’re asking anyone who can to cancel your Spotify Premium subscription today.
Read on for more tools and info, including ways to join this fight even if you aren’t a Spotify user!
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Spotify subscriber? How to leave them behind:
We created a step-by-step video on how to cancel your Spotify Premium subscription, and since we understand it’s tough losing your playlists and saved songs, we have resources to help make the transition to alternative music services smooth:
- Cancel Spotify how-to guide (FAQs, instructions, etc…)
- Transferring playlists and music libraries to TIDAL
- Transferring playlists and music libraries to Apple Music
After Spotify removes ICE ads and stops profiting from fascist propaganda, you may re-subscribe to Spotify Premium at any time.
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NOT a Spotify subscriber? How to take action:
If you're not a Spotify Premium subscriber, there’s still a meaningful place for you in this campaign! Chances are high that you know someone -- a child, grandchild, friend, or social follower -- who uses Spotify Premium, and pushing your favorite artists and podcasters to speak out with us is also really helpful.
Here's how you can make a difference if you don't subscribe to Spotify:
- Use our pre-made social posts to support the Cancel Spotify campaign online. Post to all your favorite social networks to raise awareness of Spotify’s complicity, our campaign, and how to cancel.
- Urge artists, podcasters, and labels to publicly denounce these ads and pressure Spotify leadership. If you know anyone who creates music or content for Spotify, please reach out to them directly. If you don’t, use social media to publicly call on your favorite artists to join the fight.
- Attend a peaceful protest outside Spotify offices*. We’ll share information on peaceful and nonviolent protests as they are planned, and we encourage you to organize a peaceful protest of your own if Spotify has a presence in your community.
Profit-driven media giants and their billionaire owners seem to think that going along with the authoritarian Trump regime is the easy thing. They’re following the profits and painting it as neutrality.
But in the face of an unjust regime, neutrality is complicity.
See you soon,
Indivisible Team
*All events should be hosted on public property or in public spaces, such as streets, sidewalks, or parks. Please follow all state and local guidelines.
