Ariana Grande has a major problem with Donald Trump’s White House. The pop star slammed the administration for using 2024’s “Bye” in a TikTok video promoting ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents making arrests.
“Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. F— ICE,” Grande commented. Billboard has confirmed with reps for the pop star that the comment on the video was indeed legit, however, the comment is no longer visible “for some reason.”
As of press time, the clip — which was posted on Tuesday — shows a video compilation of ICE agents making arrests and currently doesn’t have any sound.
“We’ll say this one last time: what’s actually barbaric, inhumane, and heinous are the criminal illegal aliens who have injured and murdered innocent American citizens,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told Variety and TMZ in a statement.
“Bye” is from 2024’s Eternal Sunshine album and peaked at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Grande has spoken about and supported the anti-ICE movement in the past. She sported an ICE Out pin at the 2026 Golden Globes. Last September, she condemned the Trump administration and asked Trump voters if their opinion had changed in a post to Instagram.
“I want to check in with trump voters. I have one very genuine question,” she wrote. “it’s been 250 days. now that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually everything and live in fear, now that free speech is on the brink of collapse for us all — has your life gotten better?”
White House deputy press secretary Kush Desai responded to Grande’s post at the time in a statement to TMZ using her song titles to clap back at the singer.
“Save your tears, Ariana, because President Trump’s actions ended Joe Biden’s inflation crisis and are bringing in trillions in new investments,” Desai claimed. “He even signed an executive order just like magic that paved the way for the FTC to crack down on Ticketmaster for ripping off Ariana Grande’s concert-going fans. Get well soon, Ariana!”
Grande is far from the only pop star to speak out against ICE, as Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter have all slammed the Trump administration’s deployment of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
On the music side, Grande’s petal lead single “Hate That I Made You Love Me” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, which gave her a 10th chart-topper. Petal arrives on July 31.
