Pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter has launched a furious attack on the Trump administration after it used one of her tracks in a controversial video about migrant detentions.
Stars Condemn 'Inhumane Agenda'
The singer took to social media platform X on Tuesday 2 December 2025 to express her disgust. She directly addressed the White House, stating: "Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda." The clip, which features her upbeat song Juno, shows immigration agents handcuffing, chasing, and detaining individuals.
The video was posted on Monday and has already been viewed over 1.2 million times. It forms part of President Trump's contentious policy, which involves sending officers into communities to round up illegal immigrants. Mr Trump has promised what he calls the biggest deportation operation in US history, a move met with widespread protests and legal challenges.
A Growing Chorus of Artist Protest
Carpiner is far from alone in her outrage. Last month, chart-topper Olivia Rodrigo issued a stark warning to the White House after her song All-American Bitch was used in a video urging undocumented migrants to leave voluntarily. Rodrigo told officials not to "ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda."
In July, English singer Jess Glynne said she felt "sick" upon discovering her track from a viral Jet2 holiday advert had been soundtracked to footage of handcuffed people being loaded onto a plane.
A History of Musical Misuse
This is not the first time the Trump administration has faced backlash from the music industry for using songs without permission. A long list of major artists have previously hit out at their work being used at political rallies and in campaign materials.
Notable protests have come from:
- Guns N' Roses
- Foo Fighters
- Celine Dion
- Ozzy Osbourne
- The Rolling Stones
The ongoing dispute highlights the ethical and legal tensions between political messaging and artists' rights to control how their creative work is represented.
