Ariana Grande Slams White House for Using Her Song 'Bye' in 'Heinous' ICE TikTok Video

Charna FlamFri, June 12, 2026 at 12:08 AM UTC

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Ariana Grande; President Donald TrumpCredit: Matt Winkelmeyer/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty; Win McNamee/Getty -

The White House posted a TikTok video promoting its crackdown on immigration, accompanied by Ariana Grande's song, "Bye"

The singer responded in a comment, demanding the administration not use her music "in relation to barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense"

Grande is one of several musicians, including Sabrina Carpenter and SZA, who have also condemned the White House for using their music without consent since Trump's second term began

Ariana Grande has joined the list of musicians demanding President Donald Trump's administration stop using their music.

On Tuesday, June 9, the White House published a TikTok video promoting its crackdown on immigration, featuring various clips of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and officers from other agencies arresting people. The video was set to Grande's song "Bye."

"Bye-bye 👋 President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history," the caption read, referencing the accompanying song from Grande's Eternal Sunshine album.

Grande responded in the comments section on Thursday, June 11. "Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. fck ice," she wrote.

Ariana Grande's comment on the WHite House's TikTok on June 11, 2026.Credit: TikTok

The track has since been muted on the video.

Several other musicians have told the administration to stop using their music since Trump's second term began. In December, Sabrina Carpenterresponded to a video shared by the Trump administration promoting ICE arrests by using her song "Juno."

"Have you ever tried this one? Bye-bye," the White House account wrote on X, referencing a lyric from the track.

"this video is evil and disgusting," Carpenter wrote in response. "Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda."

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SZA also called out the White House in December, after the administration used her "Big Boys" parody song from Saturday Night Live. In their video, the White House showed clips of ICE agents detaining people, with the caption, "WE HEARD IT'S CUFFING SZN. Bad news for criminal illegal aliens. Great news for America."

"White House rage baiting artists for free promo is PEAK DARK," SZA replied. "..inhumanity +shock and aw tactics ..Evil n Boring."

In October, Trump, 79, posted an AI-generated video of himself flying a jet while dumping brown sludge over crowds of protesters in response to the return of the anti-Trump protests across the nation. The video was accompanied by Kenny Loggins' "Danger Zone," prompting Loggins to ask for his music to be "immediately" removed from the video, per Vanity Fair.

"Don't ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda," Olivia Rodrigo wrote in a now-deleted comment in response to the White House using her song "All-American Bitch" in a November video of ICE agents making arrests. The White House's caption read: "LEAVE NOW and self-deport using the CBP Home app. If you don't, you will face the consequences."

In a June 4 conversation with Dazed, Rodrigo said it was "deeply disturbing" it was to see that propaganda, accompanied by her song.

"The fact it was my song in there made me feel even more enraged," she said. "What they're doing is so awful and barbaric and cruel. I am really sad to be in a country that thinks that's OK."

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