rant · moment 9 of 18
Demanding $20 Million from Spotify
from #257 - Bomb Energy | The Tim Dillon Show · #257
5 min
Tim jokingly tries to call Spotify demanding $20 million for his show, comparing his deal to Call Her Daddy and Joe Rogan's massive payouts, and fantasizes about starting a podcast with Hunter Biden called 'The Laptop.'
- There needs to be an alternative to YouTube and social media sites, and it's got to cost $20 million.
- Tim demands Spotify call him because he's heated about their payment disparity: Call Her Daddy gets $60 million, Joe Rogan gets $100 million, and The Tim Dillon Show has been offered zero dollars.
- He formally requests $20 million from Spotify, claiming the show's metrics justify the price.
- Spotify doesn't have people who work—just an email that responds years later—so Tim considers calling them in Sweden or Switzerland where the CEO lives.
- Someone without disposable income shouldn't want Hunter Biden's artwork, which he's apparently creating in LA after moving there as a junkie.
- Tim admits it's hard not to like Hunter Biden, and he's trying very difficult to dislike him.
- Tim threatens to take the show off Spotify, thinking it might prompt them to offer a big deal, which they won't.
- Tim pitches a podcast with Hunter Biden called 'The Laptop,' where they'd review his computer and the disturbing content on it between blue chew ads.
- Hunter Biden is an interesting guy and should have a podcast, Tim argues, describing the horrific content they'd discuss.
- Tim tries calling Mike, a former Spotify contact now at another company, to pitch the demand live on air, but no one answers.