Ariana Grande was fired after the White House used his song “Bye” in a pro-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) TikTok video.
Grande's spokesperson, 32, confirmed that Us Weekly On Thursday, June 11, the singer responded directly to the White House's post, writing in the comments section, “Please do not use my music in connection with this barbaric, inhumane, and disgusting act. [f***] snow.”
The clip features real footage of ICE agents making arrests, along with captions celebrating the passage of the Secure America Act. (Trump, 79, signed a $70 billion immigration enforcement package on Wednesday, June 10, which funds ICE and Customs and Border Protection through September 2029.)
“Goodbye illegal criminals! The Trump administration will continue to fight to keep America Safe,” the White House wrote in the caption.
Us learned from a source close to Grande that her team is actively looking into how to remove the video from social media as quickly as possible.
White House spokesman Abigail Jackson later he was told Us“We will say this one last time: it is truly barbaric, barbaric, and horrific that criminal illegal aliens have harmed and killed innocent American citizens.”
Grande has clashed with the Trump administration many times before. Last September, Grande shared a post from the podcaster Matt Bernstein that called for Trump supporters in the 2024 presidential election.
“It's been 250 days,” the post began. “Now that immigrants have been violently removed from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that the people involved are blamed for almost everything and live in fear, now that free speech is upon us all – has your life improved?”
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The post continued, “Have your groceries changed? Have your health insurance premiums decreased? Has your work/life balance improved? Can you take a vacation yet? Are you happy? Has the increased suffering of others paid off for you as promised, or are you still waiting?”
White House official Kush Desai fired back at a statement mocking Grande and her music.
“Save your tears, Ariana, because President Trump's actions ended Joe Biden's inflationary crisis and brought billions in new investment,” Desai said in a statement to multiple outlets. “He even signed the magic-like executive order that paved the way for the FTC to crack down on Ticketmaster for defrauding Ariana Grande's concert-going fans. Get over it soon, Ariana!”
In the past, Grande has publicly opposed Trump allies' anti-transgender bathroom legislation, in addition to showing support for the Women's March during the first weekend of Trump's inauguration in January 2017.
Kesha called President Donald Trump a “criminal hunter” and criticized the White House's use of her song “Blow” in a pro-war TikTok video. “It has come to my mind that the White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war. [prior to the Iran conflict],” wrote Kesha, 39 […]
The “Thank U, Next” singer — who recently broke up with her boyfriend once They are not bad costarEthan Slater— has also publicly challenged ICE in the past, including questioning whether there could be immigration violations pending Trump's 2024 conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. (Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing.)
In June 2025, he shared a photo of a protest sign asking, “Can someone explain which crimes got you deported and which got you elected president? It's so confusing.”
