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# Spotify is “Last desperate fart of a dying corpse” says Thom Yorke
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-is-last-desperate-fart-of-a-dying-corpse-says-thom-yorke/
- Published: 2013-10-04T10:00:44.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-04T10:00:44.000Z
- Description: Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Atoms For Peace has always been vocal about his dislike of Spotify. Earlier this year he pulled his solo album and the AFP debut from. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/10/spotify-is-last-desperate-fart-of-a-dying-corpse-says-thom-yorke.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, Atom For Peace, In Rainbows, Mexico, music industry, Nigel Godrich, Radiohead, Spotify, Thom Yorke, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Atoms For Peace has always been vocal about his dislike of Spotify. Earlier this year he pulled his solo album and the AFP debut from the service and took every opportunity to rail against the payment structure ininterviews and tweets. But his distaste reached new heights in an interview with Mexico's [Sopitas](http://www.sopitas.com/site/253083-entrevista-con-thom-yorke-de-atoms-for-peace/?ref=hypebot.com).

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> I feel like the way people are **listening to music is going through this big transition**. I feel like as musicians we need to fight the Spotify thing. I feel that in some ways what’s happening in the mainstream is the **last gasp** of the old industry. **Once that does finally die, which it will, something else will happen**. But it’s all about how we change the way we listen to music, it’s all about what happens next in terms of technology, in terms of how people talk to each other about music, and a lot of it could be really fucking bad. I don’t subscribe to the whole thing that a lot of people do within the music industry that’s ‘well this is all we’ve got left. we’ll just have to do this.’ I just don’t agree.  
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> When we did t**he *In Rainbows* thing what was most exciting was the idea you could have a direct connection between you as a musician and your audience**. You cut all of it out, it’s just that and that. And then all these fuckers get in a way, like **Spotify suddenly trying to become the gatekeepers to the whole process.** We don’t need you to do it. No artists needs you to do it. We can build the shit ourselves, so fuck off. But because they’re using old music, because they’re using the majors… the majors are all over it because they see a way of re-selling all their old stuff for free, make a fortune, and not die. That’s why to me, **Spotify the whole thing, is such a massive battle, because it’s about the future of all music**. It’s about whether we believe there’s a future in music, same with the film industry, same with books.  
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> **To me this isn’t the mainstream, this is is like the last fart, the last desperate fart of a dying corpse. What happens next is the important part.**  
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> *Listen to the full interview here via [Consequences of Sound](http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/10/thom-yorke-spotify-is-the-last-desperate-fart-of-a-dying-corpse/?ref=hypebot.com).*  
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