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Sabrina Carpenter Condemns White House for Using Her Song in ICE Arrest Video

Her rebuke sharpens scrutiny of how government accounts deploy copyrighted pop music to sell hardline immigration messaging.

Overview

  • The White House posted a social-media clip on Monday that set Sabrina Carpenter's 2024 track "Juno" to footage of ICE agents chasing and handcuffing immigrants.
  • The edit synced the lyric "Have you ever tried this one?" with repeated detention shots and added the caption "Bye-bye," drawing immediate criticism.
  • Carpenter called the video "perverse and repugnant" and said, "Never involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda."
  • Coverage as of Tuesday reported no public response from the White House or ICE to the singer's statement.
  • The post echoed a tour gag where Carpenter mock-"arrests" audience members, fueling media and fan backlash and renewing debate over consent, copyright and ethics in political communications.