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Ariana Grande Demands White House Remove Song from Trump TikTok

6/12/2026

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Ariana Grande Demands Removal

Ariana Grande told the White House on June 12, 2026 to stop using her song “Bye” in a TikTok video.
The White House posted the video with a caption praising President Donald Trump’s security and used Ariana Grande’s song as the soundtrack.
After Ariana Grande’s comment, the White House muted the video’s sound and removed her remark.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson replied that criminal illegal aliens are barbaric, inhumane, heinous actors.

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White House Misuses Music

The White House paired immigration videos with singer Olivia Rodrigo’s “All-American Bitch” and musician Sabrina Carpenter’s “Juno,” prompting the artists’ objections.
Earlier in the year the administration posted a TikTok of President Donald Trump set to singer Taylor Swift’s hit, sparking a public feud over unauthorized use.
Spokesperson Abigail Jackson defended the videos, blamed “criminal illegal aliens” for barbarism, refused to apologize, and acknowledged musicians’ public denouncement of the practice.

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Ariana Grande Performs

Ariana Grande will perform at Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena this weekend on her Eternal Sunshine Tour.
She endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
At the 2026 Golden Globes, Grande wore an “ICE OUT” pin opposing immigration enforcement, prompting Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai to reply with song-title references.
Grande is slated to appear in the musical film Wicked: For Good, due later this year.

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White House Misuses

TikTok video posted June 8 amassed 460,000 views and 21,000 likes before its audio was stripped.
After Ariana Grande’s comment disappeared, TikTok showed a “This sound isn’t available” notice on the post.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told BBC News that “criminal illegal aliens” cause barbarism, citing Grande’s 2014 hit “One Last Time.”
Reuters said Grande’s lawyers seek full removal of the song; Variety noted the comment vanished “for some reason.”

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Ariana Grande Demands Removal

Ariana Grande told the White House on June 12, 2026 to stop using her song “Bye” in a TikTok video.
The White House posted the video with a caption praising President Donald Trump’s security and used Ariana Grande’s song as the soundtrack.
After Ariana Grande’s comment, the White House muted the video’s sound and removed her remark.
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson replied that criminal illegal aliens are barbaric, inhumane, heinous actors.

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