Sabrina Carpenter is maintaining her message brief n’ candy.
On Tuesday, the “Espresso” singer ripped President Donald Trump and the White Home after they used certainly 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 Home printed a video to X that exhibits clips of ICE brokers arresting folks.
The track they selected to again this horrific montage was “Juno” — a cheeky track through which Carpenter sings about having fun with intercourse a lot with a associate that she’s prepared to allow them to get her pregnant, just like the title character in Diablo Cody’s 2007 movie.
The White Home’s video begins with transient clips of individuals opposing ICE by protesting and filming brokers whereas the “Juno” lyric, “Wanna try out some freaky positions?” performs within the background.
The video then segues into snippets of individuals being arrested by ICE in several positions — like being handcuffed and tackled to the bottom — with the lyric “Have you ever tried this one?” enjoying every time somebody is arrested.
The video ends with the lyrics “I know you want my touch for life” as an ICE agent chases somebody down a avenue.
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“Have you ever tried this one?” the White Home wrote within the caption of the video. “Bye-bye 👋😍.”
The “Manchild” singer is under no circumstances the one musician to oppose the Trump administration utilizing their music with out permission in an try and normalize its harsh immigration crackdown.
In March, the band Semisonic instructed HuffPost in an announcement 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 stated.
The Trump administration has an extended historical past of utilizing artists’ music with out permission, prompting many to talk out. This consists of — however isn’t restricted to — the Rolling Stones, Linkin Park, Neil Younger, Black Sabbath, Rihanna, Adele, and the estates of Prince and Tom Petty.
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In October, Kenny Loggins slammed the president for his “unauthorized use” of his hit “Danger Zone” that acted because the backdrop for an notorious AI video through which Trump dropped poop on “No Kings” protesters from a aircraft.
“Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately,” Loggins instructed Selection in an announcement.
