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Topics: Chicago, Donald Trump, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Social Media, Taylor Swift, Music
William Morgan
Topics: Chicago, Donald Trump, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Social Media, Taylor Swift, Music
Sabrina Carpenter has had praise heaped upon her for publicly taking on the Trump administration, after the White House put out a social media video using her song 'Juno'.
The video, put out on the official White House account, shows ICE chasing down and arresting people, with the audio cutting to the lyrics 'have you ever tried this one?' as officers forcefully handcuff and detain people on the streets of Chicago.
This follows a pattern of the administration using copyrighted material to promote its agenda, with Taylor Swift's new 'Fate of Ophelia' track being used similarly last month.
Unlike Swift, who hasn't spoken out on the use of her music, Carpenter's response was sharp and direct.
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The 26-year-old singer wrote: "This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda."
In a forceful statement in response to Carpenter's comments, the White House said defenders of migrants must be 'stupid' or 'slow' while continuing to make reference to the artist's music.
Their statement said: "Here’s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country.
"Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?"
But social media users showed their overwhelming support for Carpenter's stinging rebuttal, with her comment receiving over one million likes, to the original post's 47,000.
Many fans implored her to take legal action for copyright infringement, with one user echoing others, saying 'copyright strike it queen', again with more likes than the post itself.
Another said: "Proud to support an artist who uses her platform to support vulnerable, marginalized and demonized groups of people with her voice and charitable efforts."
Meanwhile, others made reference to Swift's lack of response to the White House using her music last month, with one user saying: "Thank you for having a backbone. Cause there is another lady who simply allows them to use her music but hates to be called MAGA."
Fellow pop star Olivia Rodrigo attempted an equally confrontational response to the Trump administration using her music, telling the Department of Homeland Security, 'Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,' in a post that was later deleted.
Other artists have had a similarly forceful response to the unauthorized political use of their work, with Kenny Loggins laying into the administration for using 'Danger Zone', in a video that showed Trump dropping feces on people at a 'No Kings' rally.
Loggins said: “I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us.
"Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together.”
UNILAD has reached out to representatives of Taylor Swift for comment.