Neil Young has given the people of Greenland free access to his entire digital archive as a symbolic gesture of solidarity amid Donald Trump's threats to annex the Danish territory. The 80-year-old musician announced the move, which he called "peace and love in a musical form", on his website on Tuesday.
"I'm honored to give a free year's access to neilyoungarchives.com to all our friends in Greenland," Young wrote. "I hope my Music and Music Films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government." He added: "This is an offer of peace and love. All the music I made during the last 62 years is yours to hear."
The offer comes days after Trump said a "framework of a future deal" with Greenland had been reached following weeks of his claiming that the US "needs" the territory. White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said in a statement: "President Trump was not elected to preserve the status quo – he is a visionary leader who is always generating creative ideas to bolster US national security." She added that Greenlanders would be better served if protected by the United States from modern threats in the Arctic region.
Young has long been critical of Trump. In 2020, he sued the then-president for copyright infringement after two of his songs were used at rallies without permission. The suit was voluntarily dismissed months later. More recently, Young has urged fans to boycott Amazon, saying his music would never be available on the platform while it is owned by Jeff Bezos, who donated $1m to Trump's inaugural fund.
He removed his music from Amazon in October. He had previously removed his discography from Spotify in a two-year boycott against podcaster Joe Rogan.
