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Sabrina Carpenter Blasts White House For Using Her Music For A ‘Disgusting’ Reason
The “Espresso” singer made it abundantly clear she wants nothing to do with the Trump administration’s “inhumane agenda.”
On Tuesday, the "Espresso" singer ripped President Donald Trump and the White House after they used one of her songs in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement propaganda video. "This video is evil and disgusting," the Grammy winner wrote on X. "Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda."
On Monday, the White House published a video to X that shows clips of ICE agents arresting people. The song they chose to back this horrific montage was "Juno" - a cheeky song in which Carpenter sings about enjoying sex so much with a partner that she`s willing to let them get her pregnant, like the title character in Diablo Cody`s 2007 film. The White House`s video starts with brief clips of people opposing ICE by protesting and filming agents while the "Juno" lyric, "Wanna try out some freaky positions?" plays in the background. The video then segues into snippets of people being arrested by ICE in different positions - like being handcuffed and tackled to the ground - with the lyric "Have you ever tried this one?" playing each time someone is arrested. The video ends with the lyrics "I know you want my touch for life" as an ICE agent chases someone down a street. "Have you ever tried this one?" the White House wrote in the caption of the video. "Bye-bye ????????." The "Manchild" singer is by no means the only musician to oppose the Trump administration using their music without permission in an attempt to normalize its harsh immigration crackdown. In March, the band Semisonic told HuffPost in a statement that they did "not authorize or condone the White House`s use of our song in any way" after it used their 1998 hit "Closing Time" in an ICE video. "The song is about joy and possibilities and hope, and they have missed the point entirely," the band said. The Trump administration has a long history of using artists` music without permission, prompting many to speak out. This includes - but is not limited to - the Rolling Stones, Linkin Park, Neil Young, Black Sabbath, Rihanna, Adele, and the estates of Prince and Tom Petty. In October, Kenny Loggins slammed the president for his "unauthorized use" of his hit "Danger Zone" that acted as the backdrop for an infamous AI video in which Trump dropped poop on "No Kings" protesters from a plane. "Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately," Loggins told Variety in a statement.
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