White House fires back after Sabrina Carpenter calls out use of her music

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00:00Pop star Sabrina Carpenter is the latest artist to clash with the White House over unauthorized

00:04use of her music. The controversy erupted after the White House posted a 21-second video on its

00:11official X account showing ICE agents detaining people set to Carpenter's viral hit, Juno. The

00:16post was captioned with Carpenter's lyrics, have you ever tried this one and bye-bye. In response,

00:22the singer fired back, telling the White House, this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever

00:27involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda. Fans quickly rallied behind her. One wrote,

00:33sue them queen, and another stated, I chose to love and support the right woman. But not everyone

00:38agreed with the pop singer. Steak for Breakfast wrote, cry harder, they're all going back. And

00:44Pedro's mustache explained, there is nothing she can do about it, referring to Carpenter's masters

00:49being owned by Island Records, who theoretically could sue the White House for the unauthorized

00:54music use. And Carpenter isn't the only artist clashing with the White House. This exchange is

00:59the latest in a growing trend of musicians objecting to political use of their songs without

01:04permission. According to reports, Kenny Loggins demanded his iconic Top Gun track, Danger Zone,

01:10be removed from a true social video of Trump in a fighter jet. And Olivia Rodrigo similarly condemned

01:16the White House for using her song in a self-deportation video calling it racist, hateful propaganda.

01:22But the White House doesn't seem to be backing down. According to Entertainment Weekly,

01:27a spokesperson told the outlet, quote, here's a short and sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter.

01:32We won't apologize for deporting dangerous criminal, illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from

01:37our country. Adding, quote, anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid or is it slow?

01:44A reference to lyrics from Carpenter's hit Manchild. At this time, it's unclear if Sabrina or her team

01:49will push legal action, similar to Isaac Hayes, who once got a judge to grant a temporary order

01:55requiring the Trump campaign to stop using the song, Hold On, I'm Coming, at events. But what do you

02:00think? Should the White House stop using music without the artist's permission? Share your thoughts

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