White House responds after Kesha calls out ‘disgusting and inhumane’ use of her song Blow in strike video

The White House's director of communications has responded after Kesha called out the institution for using her song 'Blow' to 'incite violence and threaten war.'

On February 10, the White House uploaded a video montage of US warplanes appearing to destroy naval targets set to the pop star's 2010 dance hit, captioned 'Lethality,' featuring a fire emoji and an eagle emoji.

Kesha took to X, formerly Twitter, on Monday (March 2) to address the use of her music in the video.

"It's come to my attention that The White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war," she wrote.

"Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane. I absolutely do NOT approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind.

"Love always trumps hate. please love yourself and each other in times like this," she continued.

"This show of blatant disregard for human life and quite frankly this attack on all of our nervous systems is the opposite of what I stand for."

She concluded: "Also, don’t let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the Files over a million times."

Kesha was referring to the Epstein files, and while the President was mentioned multiple times in the documents, he has never been accused of wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, and being mentioned in the files is not indicative of any wrongdoing.

Responding to Kesha on the same platform, White House director of communications Steven Cheung hit back: "All these 'singers' keep falling for this.

"This just gives us more attention and more view counts to our videos because people want to see what they’re b*****g about.

"Thank you for your attention to this matter."

Kesha isn't the only artist to fight back against the White House using their music, either.

'Juno' hitmaker Sabrina Carpenter called out the White House after the song - more specifically, its famous line 'have you ever tried this one?' - accompanied a video showing ICE chasing down and arresting people on the streets of Chicago.

"This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda," the singer said back in December.

Jess Glynn, the singer behind the viral 'nothing beats a Jet2 Holiday' hit 'Hold My Hand,' also slammed the White House after it used a soundbite over a video of passengers being loaded onto a deportation flight.

ABBA, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Elton John, the Foo Fighters, Olivia Rodrigo and more are among those who have called out Trump and the White House for using their music without permission during campaign elections, rallies and videos in the past.