

This idea came from the fact that in November, here in the United States of America, many Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. “Give thanks / …Give thanks, for all that is.” Indeed, 🎙 India.Arie, indeed! Before we dig into this inspirational standout, let me remind you the premise of Thankful Songs 🙏🎶! On Thankful Songs 🙏🎶, we highlight songs in which the musician (or musicians) show gratitude about something or towards someone. Journalist Tariq Nasheed noted on Twitter: “She got flipped quick.Reading Time: 2 min read For the 3rd Thankful Song 🙏🎶, we highlight the ultra-thankful “Give Thanks” by Grammy-winning R&B artist, India.Arie. Perhaps predictably, others on Twitter are firing back at Arie, saying she’s walking back her position. He’s not the reason, but he is the final reason.” She added, “As a working musician who has always had issues with Spotify, and then they bring in this Joe Rogan thing, and now it creates a thing that I can’t not speak up about. Since then, Young has doubled down, going as far as saying Spotify workers and staff should “get out.”Īrie also told Lemon, “I knew about Joe Rogan’s insensitive comments around race before because I’m a podcast listener, and I had heard many episodes of his podcast.” Originally, Arie’s criticism of Rogan and Spotify-platform that paid $100 million to host his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience-came on the heels of artists like Neil Young and Joni Mitchell leaving Spotify for what they said was COVID-19 misinformation. The thing that stuck out for me most was when he said, ‘It’s not my word to use.’ And I think changed behavior is what we’re really looking for.”

“He said a lot of the things I would want to hear someone say. “I have to say, I did think he did a fine job with his apology,” Arie told Lemon.
