Of course not about anythingBritish indie pop band Peasants! decided to be honest with their fans about how much money they actually make from streaming their songs.
IN mail On their website, the septet provided a detailed breakdown of their annual stream earnings for their 2024 record. All Hell (as they note, this is the only one of their seven albums that they owned full rights to in this time period, with no third-party label distributors in some territories), with monthly stream counts and subsequent revenue from July 2024 to June 2025, as well as another chart further breaking down those revenues by platform.
The group also explained that All Hellstreams and earnings are greater than their previous releases since this is their most recent release, so the amounts do not reflect their earnings across the entire catalogue. Los Camp! stated that they “do not intend to draw any conclusions or make any judgments, but simply present data,” adding: “I want to make it clear that I am not criticizing anyone for using streaming platforms. Everyone is streaming, life is hell, and we all love music.”
However, they noted: “There are many reasons, unrelated to artist reimbursement, why Spotify this is the worst smut of streaming platforms. I hope you already know about this.”
“If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify did this via Tidal, we would have received an additional £31,847.38, which would have doubled the amount we made from streaming the album over that time period,” noted Los Camp!. “Or if everyone used Apple Music, it would be £12,331 more.”
Artists providing the public with this kind of information about their earnings is incredibly rare, and it also shines an incredible light on how little they are paid by streaming services, especially when you have to factor in cuts for labels, distributors, management and the like. Sharing on Instagram, Los Camp! stated that they hope that “this openness can help reshape the music economy, one that is better and fairer for both bands and fans in the future.”
