Grammy Award-winning singer Ariana Grande on Thursday criticized the White House for using her music in an anti-immigration video on TikTok.
The video, posted on the official White House account earlier in the week, shows Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arresting people and pushing them into cars. “Bye-bye,” the caption reads. “President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history.”
According to Reuters, the White House used Grande’s song “Bye.”
“Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense,” Grande commented under the video, Reuters reported.
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Her song has since been deleted from the video. A person familiar with the matter confirmed to MS NOW that Grande’s team took steps to have it removed.
Grande’s comment also appears to have been removed.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson deflected a question about Grande’s criticism. “What’s actually barbaric, inhumane, and heinous are the criminal illegal aliens who have injured and murdered innocent American citizens,” Jackson said in a statement.
The Trump administration has run into trouble with musicians whose songs it has used in such videos in the past. Grande has also previously shared criticism of the administration’s anti-immigration, anti-trans positions.
Clarissa-Jan Lim is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW. She was previously a senior reporter and editor at BuzzFeed News.