Kesha slams “criminal predator” Donald Trump for using song in White House video
Kesha has slammed Donald Trump and the Trump administration for using her 2011 hit ‘Blow’ in a social media video about America’s armed forces.
Taking to Instagram and X to voice her disapproval, the ‘Tik Tok’ hitmaker slammed the US president for making “light of war” amid the ongoing unrest in Iran.
“Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhuman,” she wrote. “I absolutely do NOT approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind. This show 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 also slammed Trump directly and called attention to his connections to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, adding, “Don’t let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the [Epstein] Files over a million times. Stop using my music, perverts.”
The video was posted to the White House’s TikTok account with footage of US warplanes flying through the air and striking various targets with the caption, “Lethality”. Following the singer’s angered response, the White House’s Communications Director, Steven Cheung, said that such reactions “give us more attention and more view counts to our videos because people want to see what they’re bitching about.”
Kesha joins a growing list of disgruntled high-profile artists whose music has been used for various White House campaign purposes. Radiohead, ABBA, the Rolling Stones, Isaac Hayes, and more have all objected to their music being used for such political purposes.
Hayes recently settled a $3 million lawsuit after Trump used his 1966 song, ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’, citing. at least 133 instances in which it was used at various Trump events. Hayes’ son, Isaac Hayes III, initially slammed Trump on social media, saying that he “epitomises a lack of integrity and class” through “his history of sexual abuse against women and his racist rhetoric”.
In the latest settlement, the details claim to “represent more than the conclusion of a legal matter” and
“reaffirm the importance of protecting intellectual property rights and copyrights, especially as they relate to legacy, ownership, and the responsible use of creative works.”
Heyes joined a previous attempt by rock duo The White Stripes to sue the President, after his team used their hit ‘Seven Nation Army’ to push their own political agenda. However, the lawsuit was dropped not two months later.
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