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Electro-Pop Duo Returns Music To Spotify After Protest Due To ‘Unsustainable Financial Reality’

Sylvan Esso was forced to put their music back on Spotify after protesting the platform in 2025 due to unsustainable financial realities.

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Electro-pop favorites Sylvan Esso have made their discography available to stream on Spotify, but have made it clear that it wasn’t a decision made lightly. The duo, consisting of Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, removed their music from the streaming platform in 2025 during the mass exodus of artists. This latest purge was in protest of then-CEO Daniel Ek’s multi-million-dollar contribution to an AI military drone startup, among other grievances.

But over the past year, some artists have returned to Spotify, albeit reluctantly. That’s the case for Sylvan Esso, as Meath explained in an Instagram video. Spotify leads the global market with 31.7% of the subscriber share among streaming platforms, so its reach often feels unavoidable. For context, the second largest share accounts for only 14.4%.

Meath began her video explaining that while........

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