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Zach Bryan Responds to Backlash Over ICE Song

  • On Monday, Oct. 6, country music star Zach Bryan released a one-minute teaser of an unreleased song, 'Bad News,' on social media.
  • Bryan's decision to preview 'Bad News' came amid heightened national tensions surrounding Immigration and Customs Enforcement under the Trump administration.
  • The song takes direct aim at ICE, with lyrics referencing raids, rising unrest, and the fading of American values.
  • Bryan sings, 'ICE is gonna come, bust down your door… kids are all scared and all alone' and describes 'the fading of the red, white and blue.'
  • The clip sparked intense reactions online, drawing praise from administration critics and disapproval from some conservative commentators.
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‘The View’ Cohosts Defend Zach Bryan’s Amid ICE Lyrics Controversy

'No one has a monopoly on country music,' Alyssa Farah Griffin argued.

The emerging country star Zach Bryan said that a fragment of a new song, whose lyrics address the U.S. government's migratory onslaught, was "misinterpreted," after receiving criticism from Donald Trump's administration. "This song speaks of how much I love this country," wrote the American and Grammy winner on his Instagram. "Let everyone use it as a weapon just proves how divided we are. We need to find the way back." Bryan, 29, posted a fragm…

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