Whispers suggest Yorke’s attitude to Spotify has mellowed since these diatribes, and that Radiohead’s decision to provide the service with two tracks from their new album, A Moon Shaped Pool, indicates at least a partial reconciliation. The Radiohead frontman was deeply angry with Spotify in particular, angry with a platform handing major labels millions of dollars a day – plus significant equity stakes – while songwriters counted their shrapnel. It’s easy to forget that Yorke’s anti-Spotify crusade, abetted by producer Nigel Godrich, was far more pointed and sustained than one show-stealing comment about trumping cadavers. Thom Yorke there, being typically timid and retiring about the virtues of Daniel Ek‘s service back in 2013. “As musicians we need to fight the Spotify thing… all these f*ckers get in the way… We don’t need you… so f*ck off.”
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