Lorde joins over 1000 artists in 'No Music for Genocide' boycott against Israel

Musical icon Lorde has become one of the latest artists to join a thousand-strong cultural boycott against Israel.

The 28-year-old What Was That? singer recently jumped on the No Music for Genocide campaign – a cultural boycott encouraging artists and rights-holders to “reject art-washing” and pull their music from streaming platforms in Israel in response to the continued genocide in Gaza, as determined by Amnesty International.

Other household names who have joined the movement since its launch in September 2025 include Paramore, Kneecap, Fontaines D.C., Paloma Faith and Bjork. At the time of writing, more than a 1000 artists have taken a stand.

Those in the coalition have edited their own release territories or sent geo-block requests to their distributor or label. They are also encouraging major label groups to follow in their footsteps, particularly as they removed their entire catalogues from and closed operations in Russia a month into their invasion of Ukraine.

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According to the movement, this act “is just one step toward honouring Palestinian demands to isolate and delegitimize Israel as it kills without consequence on the world stage”.

Lorde’s songs disappeared from Apple Music Israel after the New Zealand-born star yelled “free f–king Palestine” during a concert in New York City, as reported by The New York Post. The stage was flooded in red, white and green lights - colours of the Palestinian flag - as she delivered the message.

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The singer previously cancelled a planned concert in Israel in 2017, following an online campaign by activists opposed to the Israeli occupation of Palestine, as reported by The Guardian.

This follows a pledge launched on September 8, which saw over 1300 filmmakers, including BAFTA, Emmy, Cannes and Venice Film award winners, against working with Israeli film institutions “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people.”

The pledge was signed by several well-known names in the film industry, including Ayo Edebiri, Olivia Colman, Tilda Swinton, Joe Alwyn and Aimee Lou Wood.

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