Deadmau5‘s new album where’s the drop? was announced yesterday, along with news of a special, one-time performance at Los Angeles’s Wiltern Theater, featuring a full stage production with orchestra. However, many fans are upset that the album will release exclusively on TIDAL for a period of time.
'Exclusively on TIDAL'??
Why must art be 'exclusive'?
Exclusion shuts people out.
Wrap your art around the world!
Your music is endlessly inspiring,
and I can't wait to see and hear
what you've got, when the walls
come down…🎧❤️ pic.twitter.com/HpPUy9LLq8
— rOb PreuSS 🔻🔕 (@rObPreuSSx) March 7, 2018
However, deadmau5 doesn’t really give a f*ck if people are upset about the exclusivity, especially because, as he explains, it allowed him to make this album the best it could have been.
exclusivity pays for the albums massive production costs. This isnt a laptop album. hundreds of humans who need to all get paid worked on this. https://t.co/lxBUyqPI7D
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 7, 2018
Even more so, it won’t be an exclusive on TIDAL forever.
listen carefully, Tidal has an exclusive right to stream the music for a period of exclusivity. THIS IS NOT A NEW CONCEPT. if you would like to hear it first, you can hear it there. After the period expires you can hear it elsewhere. SIMPLE SHIT. https://t.co/FIO0pqFClz
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 7, 2018
And even more so, deadmau5 and TIDAL included a link to a 90-day free trial of the app, which doesn’t require you to continue after the trial is over. Essentially, you can get the album for free on release day… so what’s the problem, again?
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