Pop star Sabrina Carpenter criticized the White House on Tuesday after posting a video using her song “Juno.”
Videos on the White House’s official The lyrics of the song are “Want to try some weird positions? Have you ever tried this?” Play video from “Juno”.
“This video is evil and disgusting,” Carpenter wrote in response to the video. “Don’t ever use me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
When asked for further comment, Carpenter’s team directed NBC News to her post on X.
This is not the first time that President Donald Trump’s administration has been criticized for using music or intellectual property in social media posts.
In September, the Department of Homeland Security used the “Pokemon” television show theme song “Gotta Catch ‘Em All” and imagery from the cartoon series in a social media video similar to Carpenter’s music. Nintendo, the company that owns the Pokémon franchise, said it was “not involved in the creation or distribution of this content, and did not grant permission for the use of our intellectual property.”
The video was still available on the DHS account on X as of Tuesday.
That same week, DHS removed a social media video that included a clip of podcaster and comedian Theo Vaughn saying, “Heard you’ve been deported, buddy, bye!”
At the time, Vaughn criticized DHS’s use of his snippet on X, writing: “You DHS, I don’t approve of being used in this.”
Vaughn said, “I know you know my address so send a check.”
“Please delete this and please keep me away from your ‘explosive’ deportation video,” he said. “When it comes to immigration my views and heart are much more nuanced than this video allows. Bye!”
Following Vaughn’s response, DHS removed the video.
In October, rock band MGMT said it was aware that their song “Little Dark Age” was being used in a “promotional video” posted by DHS. The band said it had “issued a takedown request for unauthorized use of its music.”
And in November, when DHS used Olivia Rodrigo’s “All-American B—” as the soundtrack to another social media video of agents rounding up people, Rodrigo commented on the post, demanding the agency stop using her music.
“Never use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,” Rodrigo wrote in a comment on the Instagram post, according to screenshots captured by Deadline.
While the video is still up on the DHS Instagram account, it appears that Rodrigo’s comment has been removed and his song has been removed from the post.
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