Ariana Grande has blasted the White House for using a version of her 2024 song “Bye” in a TikTok post that depicted ICE agents arresting and handcuffing people.
Grande commented on the TikTok post from earlier this week, telling the administration to cease using her songs. “Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense,” she wrote in her comment, according to Reuters.
A spokesperson for Grande confirmed to Variety that Grande made the comment, but “for some reason it’s not publicly visible” on the post. Her team is also looking to remove the sound from the video.
In a statement shared with Variety, White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson wrote, “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.”
This isn’t the first time that Grande has called out the Trump administration and its supporters. In September 2025, she reshared a post on her Instagram that criticized the administration for ICE raids and transphobic rhetoric, as well as other threats to democracy. The post was originally written by activist Matt Bernstein as a “check-in” for Trump supporters.
