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Ariana Grande Blasts Trump and Demands He Stop Using Her Music

Ariana Grande vs Trump reignites controversy after the singer demanded that her music not be used in a video targeting trans women.
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Ariana Grande Blasts Trump and Demands He Stop Using Her Music
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  • Ariana Grande vs Trump
  • Demands removal of her music
  • Video targets trans women

Ariana Grande once again publicly confronted Donald Trump after an account associated with the president used one of her songs in a video targeting trans women.

The post appeared on TikTok and showed Trump walking toward a podium while “We Can’t Be Friends,” one of the American singer’s biggest hits, played in the background.

The content was accompanied by a statement about gender identity and sports competitions: “Men cannot have babies and should never compete in women’s sports.”

Grande responded directly to the use of her work and also challenged the message in the video: “Never use my music again. Also, your version is false.”

Ariana Grande vs Trump: Singer Rejects President’s Use of Her Music

Ariana Grande vs Trump
Ariana Grande vs Trump over use of her music – Photo: Shutterstock

Key points:

  • Grande confronts Trump again.
  • TikTok video used one of her songs.
  • Artists reject political use of their music.

Why it matters: The latest clash once again puts the dispute between artists and political figures in the spotlight over songs used to accompany messages that the performers publicly reject.

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Grande not only expressed her disagreement with the post but explicitly demanded that her music not be used again, distancing herself from the message shared by the presidential account.

The singer, who also stars in “Wicked,” had been involved in a similar confrontation with the Trump administration just a few months earlier over another government post.

Ariana Grande Had Already Criticized a Video About ICE

In June, Grande objected to “Bye,” another of her songs, being included in a White House video promoting arrests carried out by ICE agents.

The star’s response at the time was even more forceful: “Please do not ever use my music in association with this barbarism, inhumanity and atrocity. F— ICE!”

  • The key detail: In just a few months, Grande has publicly rejected the use of songs from her catalog in content promoted by the Trump administration on two separate occasions.

The episodes also show that the Ariana Grande vs. Trump dispute is not exclusively about a particular song, but about the public association of the artist’s image and music with government messages she opposes.

More Artists Reject Washington’s Use of Their Songs

Grande is not alone in taking that position, as other major names in the music industry have publicly objected to the government’s use of their work.

Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish and Sabrina Carpenter are among the artists who have asked that their songs not be used in promotional or political posts by the U.S. government.

The latest episode now adds the debate over trans women after “We Can’t Be Friends” was used in a post supporting restrictions involving women’s sports.

With her response, Ariana Grande once again made her position clear: she does not want her music used to reinforce Trump’s political messages, with which she has publicly expressed profound disagreement, EFE reported.