""We have done a lot of different things over the years, but sometimes you just forget that you have free will - you can do whatever you want in these spaces," Mackenzie said. "I don't particularly want to try to start a movement or something like that - I'm happy if other people join. But for us, it was a decision about our music and a decision about what we think is right and what we think is not right.""
"Mackenzie explained their decision was inspired by Leah Senior, a fellow Melbourne musician who is a close collaborator with King Gizzard. "When Leah left, she and I had this one conversation about it - I told her I was really proud of her and I thought it was an awesome thing," he recalled. "It's kind of a beautiful thing - you look at people leaving and think 'That's really admirable.' I admire the courage to do the thing that is different and also right.""
King Gizzard left Spotify in response to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek's investment in AI military technology. The band framed the choice as an exercise of free will and a matter of principle rather than an attempt to start a movement. The departure was inspired by collaborator Leah Senior's earlier decision to leave, which the band described as courageous. The band released its full catalog on Bandcamp under a name-your-price model, resulting in the discography occupying the platform's Top 25 best-selling albums. The move produced few apparent consequences and sought to steer listeners toward a preferred platform.
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