{"id":349637,"date":"2026-06-12T11:21:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=349637"},"modified":"2026-06-12T11:21:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:51:36","slug":"ariana-grande-slams-white-house-using-her-music-in-ice-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/ariana-grande-slams-white-house-using-her-music-in-ice-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Slams White House Using Her Music in ICE Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong> fired back after the White House used her song \u201cBye\u201d in a pro-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@whitehouse\/video\/7649795587851685133?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Grande, 32, confirmed to <em>Us Weekly<\/em> on Thursday, June 11, that the singer responded on to the White House\u2019s post, writing within the comments section, \u201cPlease don&#8217;t ever use \u2060my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous \u200bnonsense. Fck [f***] ice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clip features real footage of ICE agents making arrests, together with a caption celebrating the passage of the Secure America Act. (Trump, 79, signed a $70 billion immigration enforcement package on Wednesday, June 10, which funds ICE and Customs and Border Protection through September 2029.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoodbye criminal illegals! The Trump admin will keep fighting to maintain America Secure,\u201d the White House wrote within the caption.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:216.68472372698%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy TikTok \/ White House<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Us<\/em> learned from a source near Grande that her team is actively looking into the right way to remove the video from social media as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>White House spokesperson <strong>Abigail Jackson<\/strong> subsequently told <em>Us<\/em>, \u201cWe\u2019ll say this one last time: what\u2019s actually barbaric, inhumane, and heinous are the criminal illegal aliens who&#8217;ve injured and murdered innocent Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grande has clashed with the Trump administration again and again before. Last September, Grande shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPKLtSTgRFg\">a post<\/a> from podcaster <strong>Matt Bernstein<\/strong> that called out Trump supporters from the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been 250 days,\u201d the post began. \u201cNow that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually every little thing and live in fear, now that free speech is getting ready to collapse for us all \u2014 has your life gotten higher?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=200%2C113&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=300%2C169&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=600%2C338&#038;quality=47&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=800%2C450&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=900%2C506&#038;quality=74&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1000%2C563&#038;quality=74&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1200%2C675&#038;quality=74&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1600%2C900&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1800%2C1012&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Donald-Trumps-White-House-Admits-to-Trolling-Media-With-Taylor-Swift-TikTok.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1920%2C1080&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Donald Trumps White House Admits to Trolling Media With Taylor Swift TikTok\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Donald Trump&#8217;s White House Admits to Trolling Media With Taylor Swift TikTok<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe White House has the web talking after using one among Taylor Swift\u2019s hit singles on TikTok despite President Donald Trump\u2019s online feud with the pop star. On Monday, November 3, the official White House TikTok account posted a video of President Trump, 79, and his administration largely based on Swift\u2019s No. 1 hit \u201cThe [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post continued, \u201cHave your groceries gotten cheaper? Has your medical insurance premium gone down? Has your work\/life balance improved? Can you are taking a vacation yet? Are you happier? Has the widespread suffering of others paid off for you in the way in which he promised it might, or are you continue to waiting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House official <strong>Kush Desai<\/strong> fired back in an announcement that mocked each Grande and her music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSave your tears, Ariana, because President Trump\u2019s actions ended Joe Biden\u2019s inflation crisis and are bringing in trillions in latest investments,\u201d Desai said in an announcement to multiple outlets. \u201cHe even signed an executive order similar to magic that paved the way in which for the FTC to crack down on Ticketmaster for ripping off Ariana Grande\u2019s concert-going fans. Recuperate soon, Ariana!\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You&#8217;ve got successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Prior to now, Grande publicly took issue with Trump allies\u2019 anti-transgender bathroom laws, along with showing support for the Women\u2019s March on Trump\u2019s first inauguration weekend in January 2017.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=200%2C113&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=300%2C169&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=400%2C225&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=600%2C338&#038;quality=55&#038;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=800%2C450&#038;quality=70&#038;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=900%2C506&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1000%2C563&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1200%2C675&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1600%2C900&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1800%2C1012&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Kesha-Slams-Trump-After-White-House-Uses-Her-Song-in-Pro-War-Video.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&#038;resize=1920%2C1080&#038;quality=86&#038;strip=all 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Kesha Slams Trump After White House Uses Her Song in Pro-War Video\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n<p>    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Kesha Slams Trump After White House Uses Her Song in Pro-War Video<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tKesha has called President Donald Trump a \u201ccriminal predator\u201d and condemned the White House\u2019s use of her song \u201cBlow\u201d in a pro-war TikTok video. \u201cIt\u2019s come to my attention that The White House has used one among my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war [prior to the Iran conflict],\u201d Kesha, 39, wrote [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u201cThank U, Next\u201d singer \u2014 who recently split from boyfriend and <em>Wicked<\/em> costar \u200b\u200b<strong>Ethan Slater<\/strong>\u2014 has also publicly opposed ICE previously, including questioning how potential immigration violations in comparison with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nycourts.gov\/LegacyPDFs\/press\/PDFs\/People%20v.%20DJT%20Clayton%20Decision.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump\u2019s 2024 criminal conviction<\/a> on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the primary degree. (Trump has at all times denied wrongdoing.)<\/p>\n<p>In June 2025, she shared a photograph of a protest sign asking, \u201cCould someone explain which crimes get you deported and which of them get you elected president? It\u2019s so confusing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande fired back after the White House used her song \u201cBye\u201d in a pro-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) TikTok video. A spokesperson for Grande, 32, confirmed to Us Weekly on Thursday, June 11, that the singer responded on to the White House\u2019s post, writing within the comments section, \u201cPlease don&#8217;t ever use \u2060my music [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":349638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[8730,8731,535,2421,588,2248,600,479],"class_list":["post-349637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ariana","tag-grande","tag-house","tag-ice","tag-music","tag-slams","tag-video","tag-white"],"aioseo_notices":[{"message":"The permalink for this post just changed! 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