Olivia Rodrigo Slams 'Deeply Disturbing' White House Deportation Video Using Her Song

Olivia Rodrigo has said she was “disturbed” to see Donald Trump’s administration using her videos to soundtrack a video montage of ICE deportations on social media.

Last year, the White House and Department of Homeland Security shared a joint post on Instagram warning undocumented immigrants to leave the US or “face the consequences”, while Olivia’s song All-American Bitch was playing.

“Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,” the Good 4 U singer wrote underneath the post at the time, in a now-deleted comment, which she was asked about during an interview with Dazed published on Thursday.

“It was so deeply disturbing to see that propaganda, and the fact it was my song in there made me feel even more enraged,” the Grammy winner lamented.

“What they’re doing is so awful and barbaric and cruel. I am really sad to be in a country that thinks that’s OK.”

The White House’s video is still live, though it’s worth pointing out that the former Glastonbury headliner’s song appears to have been removed from it.

Olivia is far from the only figure from the music industry to speak out against their songs being used in ICE deportation videos.

Last year, Sabrina Carpenter branded one such video featuring an unauthorised use of her hit Manchild “evil and disgusting”, telling the White House: “Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

Radiohead also told the Trump administration to “go fuck yourselves” when their music was featured in what they called a White House “propaganda” video, while Jess Glynne found herself in a similar position when the US government posted yet another ICE deportation montage using the “Jet2 holiday” trending sound, which incorporated the British singer-songwriter’s number one hit Hold My Hand.

“This post honestly makes me sick,” the singer hit back at the time. “My music is about love, unity, and spreading positivity – never about division or hate.”