Overview
- The White House posted a short video on X and TikTok showing ICE arrests set to Carpenter’s 2024 track “Juno,” captioned with her lyric “Have you ever tried this one? Bye-bye” and emoji.
- Sabrina Carpenter replied on X that the video is “evil and disgusting” and told officials not to use her or her music to promote what she called an inhumane agenda.
- White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson defended the deportation message and mocked Carpenter with references to her album Short n’ Sweet and the song “Manchild.”
- Rolling Stone reported the video remained on official accounts as of publication, and legal experts noted that social platforms’ music licenses can make takedowns uncertain.
- The clash extends a pattern of artists objecting to the Trump administration’s use of their work, including Olivia Rodrigo, whose Instagram soundtrack was removed in a prior DHS post.