Spotify partners with Noah Kahan, Chappell Roan to provide free therapy to small artists

Spotify partners with Noah Kahan, Chappell Roan to provide free therapy to small artists

Spotify partners with Noah Kahan, Chappell Roan to provide free therapy to small artists When Chappell Roan won the Grammy for Best New Artist earlier this year, she made a bold appeal to the powers that be in the room. “I told myself if I ever ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels in the industry — profiting millions of dollars off of artists — would offer a livable wage and health care, especially to developing artists,” she said. Roan went on to tell her own story of being dropped by a record label and how she had a difficult time finding a job during the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that she could not afford health insurance. “It was so devastating to feel so committed to my art and feel so betrayed by the system … so dehumanized to have to not have health,” she added. “Labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection. Labels: We got you, but do…