Kenny Loggins calls for removal of Donald Trump’s ‘Danger Zone’ AI-video
Singer Kenny Loggins has demanded that Donald Trump remove an AI-video featuring his hit song, ‘Danger Zone’.
Over the weekend, in response to seven million Americans taking to the streets for the No Kings protests across the 50 states, Trump’s account on Truth Social uploaded the strange ‘Danger Zone’ video.
In the clip, Trump can be seen in a fighter jet while wearing a crown and dropping what appears to be faeces on protestors in the street, which is all soundtracked by ‘Danger Zone’. Famously, ‘Danger Zone’ was a pivotal part of the soundtrack to Top Gun, which revolves around fighter jets.
Loggins has now said in a statement shared with Variety: “This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone.’ Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately.”
The singer-songwriter then condemned Trump’s divisive nature of politics, adding, “I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us. Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together.”
Loggins passionately continued, “We’re all Americans, and we’re all patriotic. There is no ‘us and them’ — that’s not who we are, nor is it what we should be. It’s all of us. We’re in this together, and it is my hope that we can embrace music as a way of celebrating and uniting each and every one of us.”
He isn’t the only artist to have one of their songs used without permission in a bizarre AI-video uploaded by Trump on Truth Social; Blue Öyster Cult also had it happen to their hit song ‘(Don’t Fear) The Reaper’. In that clip, Trump, who is wearing a black cloak, hits the cowbell while JD Vance is on drumming duties, while lyrics on the screen attacked the Democratic Party.
In response, the rock band explained to fans they were “not contacted or notified in advance” and Sony Music owns the copyright to the song, which means they have “no legal right to either authorize or withhold usage”.
However, The Cure did successfully manage to make a DMCA takedown request in regards to a social media post by ICE that featured their classic track, ‘Friday I’m In Love’.
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