Fuck Spotify. Surprisingly for one of the most revered lyricists of his generation, Yorke was speaking tautologically a corpse, by its nature, is already dead — perhaps a sign of his irritation in the moment. He was also flat-out wrong. Streaming, driven by Spotify, has propelled U. The debate over Spotify payments to artists, however, is far from. The music industry is poised for another fiery public dispute over the money Spotify gives performers in ; but this time, the discussion will center on how, rather than how much, cash gets handed. Essentially, this means that the firm pools all of the distributable riches it generates each month, then divvies up this cash based on the popularity of individual tracks. Sounds fair, right? Depends on who you ask.