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White House makes major move after Ariana Grande slams ICE for using her song

White House set ICE's video to Grande's 2024 song 'Bye' on TikTok

Published June 12, 2026
White House makes major move after Ariana Grande slams ICE for using her song
White House makes major move after Ariana Grande slams ICE for using her song

White House pulled Ariana Grande's song after she disapproved her music's use for "barbaric" and "inhumane" causes.

​On Thursday, the 32-year-old singer and actor criticized the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the White House's official TikTok account used her 2024 song Bye in a video, showing clips of ICE agents detaining immigrants in the US.

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​The caption of the post read, "Bye-bye, President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history."

​Grande left a comment under the post, which has since been hidden, "Please do not ever use my music ?in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. f*** ice."

​Following Grande's remark, her team reportedly looked into the removal of her sound from the video.

​Now, the song has been removed as the video shows "this sound isn't available" in the description.

​After Grande made the anti-ICE comment under the White House post, spokesperson Abigail Jackson responded to her remark with a pointed statement and quoted Grande’s another track titled One Last Time.

​"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 said.

​This is not the first time Ariana condemned ICE, she was seen wearing an "ICE OUT" button at the Golden Globes this year.

Maliha Javed
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