Kesha's voice echoed through the digital landscape on Monday afternoon, as she denounced the unauthorized use of her song "Blow" by the White House and Donald Trump's administration on TikTok. The pop superstar used her platform on Instagram to clear the air, following the social media clip posted by the White House's official account that featured fighter jets in the sky with the caption "Lethality."
"It has come to my attention that the White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war," she wrote in a powerful statement. "Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane. I absolutely do NOT approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind."
Kesha continued, "Love always trumps hate. Please love yourself and each other in times like this. This show of blatant disregard for human life and quite frankly this attack on all of our nervous systems is the opposite of what I stand for."
She also called attention to how frequently Trump's name appears in the Epstein Files. "Also, don’t let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the files over a million times."
The White House posted the clip featuring "Blow" on Feb. 10. The track, which appeared on her first EP, Cannibal, from 2010, is a dance pop song that was officially released on Feb. 1, 2011. The accompanying music video came out later that month and features the late actor James Van Der Beek. "This place about to blow, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh," Kesha sings. "Now what? (What?) We’re taking control. We get what we want. We do what you don’t."
Kesha joins a long list of artists who have called out the White House and/or Trump for using their songs without permission, whether at campaign rallies or on social media. These include Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, SZA, Celine Dion, Kenny Loggins, Linda Ronstadt, Foo Fighters, the White Stripes, and many others.
