Kate Nash has been photographed in a bodysuit with a painted-on buttocks in string underwear outside the London offices of companies such as Live Nation and Spotify, writes NME.
Music giants make big profits, but too little ends up with the artists and songwriters, thinks the British artist, who is also against Spotify's recent decision to stop paying compensation for songs that get under 1,000 streams per year.
"Artists get 0.003 percent of 1 pence per stream, and while Spotify has removed compensation for 80 percent of the music on its platform, shareholders could cash in a total of 419 million pounds", she says in a video post on Instagram.
According to the news service Music Business Worldwide, Spotify founder Daniel Ek has sold shares worth 283 million dollars, equivalent to 3.1 billion kronor, just in 2024.
"Punk protest"
Kate Nash, who broke through in the mid-00s, drew attention last week when she started an Only Fans account to sell pictures of her buttocks, to show how hard it is to make a living as an artist.
For me as a woman, it's a kind of punk protest to take control of my body and sell it to finance my dream project, which is actually my 18-year-old career, she explained to BBC.
Kate Nash's buttock pictures are not meant to be sexy, rather humorous
I think the buttocks are the perfect combination of humor and sexuality, she says to BBC.
Deteriorating conditions
There have been several alarm reports in the past year about deteriorating conditions for artists in the UK, something that has been exacerbated by, among other things, Brexit, inflation, increased costs, and a general crisis for smaller concert organizers after the coronavirus pandemic.
Kate Nash is not alone in her criticism. Last week, artist Lily Allen said she makes more money selling pictures of her feet on Only Fans than from streaming compensation on Spotify.
