Neil Young gives Greenland free access to his entire music catalog in a rare act of solidarity
Amid tension with the U.S., the singer wanted to show his support for Greenland fans and offered a one-year free access to his music.
For the last few years, singer and songwriter Neil Young has been in a protest against Amazon and certain bigger American corporations, reported USA Today. As revealed in a post from Neil Young Archives on October 8, 2025, it was confirmed that the artist no longer wanted Amazon to sell his music and revealed his wish for locals to profit. Keeping up to his word, in his recent post on January 27, 2026, the musician announced a year’s free access to his music for Greenland fans as a sign of protest. He is urging fans to shop local and stay away from corporations and big retailers.
The act came as a response to specualation about America taking over Greenland. In an act of solidarity, he revealed in his recent post, “I'm honored to give a free year's access to neilyoungarchives.com to all of our friends in Greenland.” He added that the move was to “ease unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government.” The musician made it very clear that he wanted the citizens of Greenland to be able to enjoy his music without any inconvenience as a sign of his support.
“All the music I have made during the last 62 years is yours to hear. You can renew for free as long as you are in Greenland,” he wrote. According to Rolling Stone, Young’s music is available on the archives for prices ranging from $24.99 to $99.99 a year. However, for Greenland citizens, he just declared it would all be free. The “Heart of Gold” artist has made several changes over the last year to stand confident and bold with his decision against the political upheaval in America, reported Variety. The musician has also discontinued the use of Facebook and Instagram and even temporarily took down his music from Spotify.
In his post back in October, he wrote, “We all have to give up something to save America from the Corporate Control Age it is entering. They need you to buy from them. Don't.” Young concluded the message with the request to support local businesses instead. That’s not all, even some of his music targets the tension as a way of standing up to it. One of his songs, “Big Crime,” is targeted towards “fascists.” A popular line in the hit is, “There’s big crime in D.C. at the White House,” and Young is certainly going big with his response. The Guardian shared a new survey by pollster Verian, which revealed that a majority of citizens in Greenland are against the decision.
Over 85% of individuals voted that they did not want their island to become a part of the U.S. Only 6% agreed in favor of the decision, while the remaining 9% are still undecided. Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen made a statement shortly after, “I want to ensure that all of Europe stands together. Not only in connection with the kingdom of Denmark but also more broadly.” "Greenland is for the Greenlandic people. We do not want to be Danish, we do not want to be American. We want to be Greenlandic,” said leader Múte B. Egede, alongside the prime minister, according to CBS News.
The leader acknowledged that Greenland is part of the North American continent and that certain roots are tied there, but also echoed his defense about the matter. He added that though he hasn’t conversed with Trump, he is open to communicating about the matter and finding a compatible solution. "Cooperation is about dialogue. Cooperation means that you will work towards solutions," he said.
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