The No Music for Genocide cause is continuing to grow, with Clairo, Lucy Dacus and numerous other artists announcing their commitment to removing their catalogs from Israel amid the violence in Gaza.
The campaign announced the new additions on Friday (Oct. 10), revealing that Nao, Wolf Alice, Of Monsters and Men, Aurora and Mallrat have also added their names to the boycott. The news comes shortly after Lorde, Hayley Williams, Paramore, Björk, MUNA and Paloma Faith joined the 1,000-plus others who are part of the growing movement.
Originally launching in September with more than 400 signees, No Music for Genocide aims to support Palestinian people by pulling music from streaming services in Israel through geo-blocking. Kneecap, Faye Webster, Japanese Breakfast, Aminé, Massive Attack, Soccer Mommy, Rina Sawayama, MIKE, Primal Scream and Fontaines D.C. were among the first artists to join when it launched.
“Culture can’t stop bombs on its own, but it can help reject political repression, shift public opinion toward justice and refuse the art-washing and normalization of any company or nation that commits crimes against humanity,” reads a statement from No Music for Genocide in a release. “This initiative is one part of a worldwide movement to erode the support Israel needs to continue its ongoing systems of oppression.”
News of the campaign’s expansion comes just a few days after Israel’s war against Hamas — which began on Oct. 7, 2023, after the terrorist group attacked and killed 1,200 Israelis while taking 251 more hostage — reached the two-year mark. Israel has killed more than 67,000 Palestinians in that time, leading the United Nations to declare in September that the country is committing genocide.
As of Friday, however, Israel declared that a ceasefire has taken effect, pulling troops out of urban areas in exchange for Hamas’ release of 20 hostages. Israel will then free 250 imprisoned Palestinians and 1,700 war detainees, according to Reuters.
With Israeli military now pulling out of parts of Gaza, thousands of Palestinians are currently traveling back on foot to whatever is left of their abandoned homes. To say the least, it’s a bittersweet moment that follows more than 700 straight days of violence, hunger and homelessness experienced by the Palestinian people, as well as two years of people all over the world — including many A-list artists — protesting Israel’s actions.
“People are screaming with joy in the streets,” a 20-year-old Palestinian woman named Raghad Izzat Hamouda told CNN on Friday. “Imagine that you survived the genocide that lasted for two whole years under the bombing, hunger, destruction, fear.”
