Ariana Grande has joined a growing chorus of musicians publicly condemning the Trump administration for using their songs in social media content promoting immigration enforcement.
On June 9, the White House posted a TikTok video set to Grande’s song “Bye” from her “Eternal Sunshine” album. The video featured footage of ICE officers and other law enforcement agencies making arrests, captioned “Bye-bye…President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history.”
Two days later, on June 11, Grande responded directly in the comments section. “Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. f*ck ice,” she wrote. The track has since been muted on the video.
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Grande is far from the first artist to call out the White House’s social media team for this tactic, and the list keeps growing.
Sabrina Carpenter: In December, the White House shared a video promoting ICE arrests set to Carpenter’s song “Juno,” with the caption “Have you ever tried this one? Bye-bye,” referencing a lyric from the track. Carpenter responded: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
SZA: Also in December, the administration used SZA’s “Big Boys” parody from Saturday Night Live in a video showing ICE agents detaining people, captioned “WE HEARD IT’S CUFFING SZN. Bad news for criminal illegal aliens. Great news for America.” SZA fired back: “White House rage baiting artists for free promo is PEAK DARK…inhumanity +shock and aw tactics ..Evil n Boring.”
White House rage baiting artists for free promo is PEAK DARK ..inhumanity +shock and aw tactics ..Evil n Boring https://t.co/PIKoYEdn2y
— SZA (@sza) December 10, 2025
Olivia Rodrigo: In November, the White House used Rodrigo’s “All-American B*tch” in a video of ICE agents making arrests, captioned with a warning for people to self-deport. Rodrigo wrote in a now-deleted comment, “Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda.” She later told Dazed on June 4 that seeing the clip was “deeply disturbing,” adding, “The fact it was my song in there made me feel even more enraged. What they’re doing is so awful and barbaric and cruel. I am really sad to be in a country that thinks that’s OK.”
Kenny Loggins: In October, Trump posted an AI-generated video of himself flying a jet and dumping sludge over anti-Trump protesters, set to Loggins’ “Danger Zone.” Loggins asked for his music to be “immediately” removed from the video, according to Vanity Fair.
With Grande now added to the list, at least five major artists have publicly demanded that the administration stop using their music in immigration enforcement content since the start of Trump’s second term.
