Spotify Is Heaping Shit On Cory Bernardi For Making A Spotify Playlist

The backlash against Cory Bernardi’s “Australian Conservatives 100” playlist is continuing to grow with more and more artists distancing themselves from the right-wing senator, and now even Spotify has weighed in.

The playlist was cooked up by Bernardi and his Australian Conservatives party in response to triple j moving the date of the Hottest 100. A number of the artists included on the playlist have distanced themselves the playlist, including Darren Hayes from Savage Garden and the Hilltop Hoods.

This afternoon even more musicians featured on the playlist have spoken out against their inclusion. In a statement Powderfinger said they “do not support the Australian Conservatives Party or Senator Cory Bernardi’s Australia Day #AC100 countdown”.

“Like fellow musicians Darren Hayes and the Hilltop Hoods we do not endorse our inclusion in Cory Bernardi’s playlist and would like our music removed,” they said. “We are not trying to censor Mr Bernardi and his party, we are merely participating in a health debate that befits and strengthens our democracy.”

Jimmy Barnes, who also had his music included in the playlist, tweeted an extremely good and savage sledge directed at Bernardi:

Why would you listen to anything @corybernardi says, especially about music?

— Jimmy Barnes (@JimmyBarnes) January 18, 2018

Given Barnes’ music, including a couple of Cold Chisel tracks, make up 3 percent of the total playlist, it’s a pretty solid burn.

But it’s not just artists who are getting worked. Spotify itself has issued a statement making it clear it wants nothing to do with Cory Bernardi. In a statement the company said: “Spotify has actively supported marriage, gender, and indigenous equality initiatives over the last five years, and believes in a diverse and multicultural Australia. We want to make clear we do not endorse this playlist, nor do we have any official ties to the Australian Conservatives party nor any other political party.”

I’m not sure anyone was actually blaming Spotify for the existence of this playlist, but it’s good to know they are so anti-Cory Bernardi they’re willing to issue statements about it anyway.

We’ll keep you posted if any more artists sledge Bernardi.

Update: Mick Thomas, the lead singer of Weddings, Parties, Anything, whose song ‘Father’s Day’ was included on Bernardi’s playlist, has posted a statement a scorching statement on Facebook and called Bernardi a “turd”: