Kesha called out the White House and Donald Trump’s administration Monday afternoon for the unauthorized use of her TikTok song to “incite violence and threaten war.”
The pop star took to Instagram and X to clear the air after her song “Blow” was used in a social media clip posted by the official White House account showing fighter jets in the sky with the caption “Lethality.”
“I learned that the White House used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war,” she said in the wake of the US attack on Iran. “Trying to trivialize war is disgusting and inhumane. I absolutely do not agree with my music being used to promote violence of any kind.”
She continued by posting: “Love always trumps hate. Please love yourselves and each other in times like these. This display 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 closed the post by drawing attention to the number of times Trump’s name appeared in Epstein’s files. “Also, don’t let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the files over a million times,” he added.
The White House released the clip featuring the song “Blow” on February 10. The song appeared on her first EP, Cannibalsfrom 2010, is a dance-pop song that was officially released on February 1, 2011. The accompanying music video was released later that month and features the late actor James Van Der Beek. “This place’s about to blow up, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh,” Kesha sings. “What now? (What?) We’re in control. We get what we want. We do what you don’t do.”
She’s the latest in a long line of artists who have criticized the White House and/or Trump for using their songs without permission, both at campaign rallies and on social media. These include Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, Celine Dion, Kenny Loggins, Linda Ronstadt, Foo Fighters, The White Stripes and more.
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