Young Fathers donate Super Bowl royalties from OpenAI advert to charity and declare the “USA is increasingly under attack from fascism”
Young Fathers have donated the royalties from their song to be used in a Super Bowl advert to two charities.
The Immigrant Response Fund in Minnesota is one of the charities that will receive half of the royalty fee, amid the recent killings of protestors Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis last month at the hands of ICE officials.
Young Fathers, whose song ‘Pals’ was used during an OpenAI advert during the Super Bowl, praised the Minnesota charity.
According to Young Fathers, they provide “legal services and emergency basics such as food, housing, transportation and healthcare” to “all immigrant communities, including those who have been recently targeted by ICE”.
Additionally, Young Fathers have donated their royalty fee to War Child, “who work to ensure a safe future for every child living through war”.
Young Fathers also appear on the upcoming James Ford-produced War Child Records compilation, Help (2), alongside artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Fontaines DC, Cameron Winter, Big Thief, Kae Tempest, Pulp, Sampha, Wet Leg and Olivia Rodrigo.
The Mercury Prize-winning band added of their reasoning to split their royalty fee between these two charities, “As the USA is increasingly under attack from fascism we stand with those who are being kidnapped, murdered and tortured by ICE thugs, as well as those who work with children trapped inside war zones in places like Gaza, Sudan, Congo, Yemen & Ukraine.”
In 2024, Young Fathers previously teamed up with Massive Attack and Fontaines DC for the Ceasefire EP, which raised money for Doctors Without Borders, a charity that provides medical aid in Gaza and the West Bank.
Elsewhere at the Super Bowl, LCD Soundsystem’s ‘Oh Baby’ was controversially used in an advert by Elon Musk to promote his Starlink product.
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