Dutch extreme right anti-refugee anthem removed from Spotify, YouTube
The far-right anti-asylum song Wij zeggen nee, nee, nee tegen een azc was removed from YouTube and Spotify on Wednesday, AD reports. Creator JW Broken Veteran said on his YouTube channel that he was “busy investigating how this could have happened” and wants to get the song back online as soon as possible.
The far-right song, the title of which translates to “We say no, no, no to an asylum shelter,” caused a lot of commotion in the Netherlands. It contains lyrics like “they’re flooding us with people who don’t belong here,” “enough is enough, full is full,” and “asylum seekers with fatbikes, iPhones, expensive coats.”
The song, written by JW Broken Veteran and sung by an AI voice, debuted at number 28 on the Dutch Single Top 100 earlier this month. It has been streamed over 1 million times on Spotify.
In response to the song, singer Sophie Straat created a song titled Vrijheid, gelijkheid, zusterschap, which translates to “Freedom, equality, sisterhood.” That song topped the Dutch Spotify Top 50 on Sunday.
Both YouTube and Spotify told AD that they would issue responses on the far-right song’s removal later on Wednesday. Previously, Spotify told the newspaper that it would not remove the song because it “doesn’t violate” the streaming service’s policy.
JW Broken Veteran told AD that he is a 40-year-old veteran from Rotterdam who served in Afghanistan. He said he planned to “stop making this kind of protest music.”
In an earlier post on YouTube, he expressed concerns for his family’s safety. “I can’t be with my family all the time. I don’t have the budget to hire one or more security guards to protect my family,” he said. “My country is 100% important, but my family is 200%. I stood up, I said what I wanted to say, yes, I have more to say, and we’ll probably hear it in some way, but not through me anymore.”
