UPDATE, with comment from the White House: Sabrina Carpenter criticized the White House on Tuesday for using her song Juno ICE deportation in video.
Carpenter wrote on
The White House posted the video on Monday, featuring images of ICE officers detaining individuals, set to Carpenter’s song as the soundtrack. Quoting the song’s lyrics, the White House posted on Instagram, “Have you ever tried it? Bye.”
White House Abigail Jackson responded, “Here’s a short and sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: We will not apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be a fool, or is that sleaze?”
The White House has featured other artists’ songs in exile and other videos, raising anger over their use without their OK. In October, Kenny Loggins objected to the use of his song Danger Zone in an AI-generated video that depicted Trump dumping feces on No Kings protesters.
“This is unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone’.” No one asked me for my permission, which I would have declined, and I request that my recording on this video be immediately removed,” Loggins wrote. His music is present in the video on Trump’s Truth social account.
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