Sabrina Carpenter has received a trolling response from the White House in response to her calling out the use of her music without permission.
Carpenter’s hit song Juno was used in a montage of clips showing raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The White House told Entertainment Weekly: “Here’s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won’t apologise for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country.”
The representative added, referencing lyrics from Carpenter’s hit song Manchild, “Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?”
On Tuesday, the two-time Grammy winner slammed a post from the White House’s official X account that took the lyric from Carpenter’s song and layered it over people being handcuffed, tackled, and more by ICE agents.
“Have you ever tried this one?” Carpenter sings on repeat as people in the video are chased down and slammed to the ground.
Carpenter responded to the video in a comment: “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
This is the latest in a string of occurrences in which President Donald Trump’s administration has co-opted viral songs to feature in videos on social media.
Artists who have spoken out against Trump for using their music include Pharrell, Adele, Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, Neil Young, Rihanna, Ozzy Osbourne, Nickelback, Linkin Park, the Rolling Stones, Village People, Panic! at the Disco, Queen, REM, and the estates and families of Tom Petty, Laura Branigan, Prince and George Harrison.
Most recently, the White House featured the music of Taylor Swift in a patriotic TikTok video celebrating Trump. Swift has yet to comment.
