US EditionRadiohead Tells ICE To Take Down Video Featuring Its Song
Radiohead demands removal of a video using a choral version of 'Let Down' without permission to promote ICE's immigration enforcement message, part of a broader artist backlash.
- On Friday, Radiohead demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement remove a video using their song without permission and told the Department of Homeland Security to `go fuck yourselves`.
- ICE posted a Feb. 18 video that synced a choral cover of "Let Down" to footage accusing "criminal illegal alien violence" and claiming "thousands of American families" were torn apart as part of DHS/ICE's "this is our why" campaign.
- Other artists have likewise objected, with Olivia Rodrigo and Sabrina Carpenter explicitly telling DHS not to use their music, citing ICE videos as propaganda or "inhumane."
- DHS and ICE have not immediately responded to removal requests, while social accounts for the president and the White House shared the video, which circulated widely on other platforms.
- Radiohead has a history of blocking uses tied to Trump, including Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead guitarist and composer, demanding removal of his Phantom Thread music from a Melania documentary, reflecting artists' objections to government music use.
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