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After pulling their music from Spotify following CEO Daniel Ek\u2019s investment in AI military drone technology, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have successfully taken over the entire Top 25 of Bandcamp\u2019s best-selling albums and are letting fans \u201cname your price.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Bandcamp\u2019s default pricing<\/a> for albums is set at $9 (with tracks at $1.50), the company says artist are still able to set \u201cpricing in a way that reflects your goals, your audience, and the value of your work.\u201d The novel pricing move by King Gizzard opens up their\u00a0digital catalog with a no minimum payment, making their music more accessible than ever.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier this summer, the Aussie band began to remove dozens of albums from Spotify following the announcement that Ek\u2019s investment firm, Prima Materia, helmed a 600 million euro fundraising round for Helsing, a defense technology startup developing AI drones.\u00a0Simply writing \u201cfuck Spotify<\/a>\u201d while promoting a new demo collection at the time, King Gizzard later explained<\/a> their decision in an Instagram Story.<\/p>\n \u201cHello friends\u2026 A PSA to those unaware: Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invests millions in AI military drone technology\u2026 We just removed our music from the platform\u2026 Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better?\u2026 Join us on another platform,\u201d the band\u2019s statement read.<\/p>\n Along with King Gizzard, other prominent artists including Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, Hotline TNT<\/a>, the Mynabirds, Kadhja Bonet, and WU LYF have since left the platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been saying \u2018f\u2014 Spotify\u2019 for years. In our circle of musicians, that\u2019s what people say all the time for well-documented reasons,\u201d King Gizzard\u2019s Stu Mackenzie previously told the Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/em>. \u201cI don\u2019t consider myself an activist, but this feels like a decision staying true to ourselves. We saw other bands we admire leaving, and we realized we don\u2019t want our music to be there right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n