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Radiohead told the Trump administration to go ‘f*** yourselves’ as they condemned the unauthorized usage of their song in an ICE social media video.
The band issued a statement on Friday after Let Down was used in a clip from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which was shared to X.
The post read: ‘Thousands of American families have been torn apart because of criminal illegal alien violence.
‘American citizens raped and murdered by those who have no right to be in our country. This is who we fight for. This is our why.’
Radiohead’s 1997 song Let Down played over a montage of photos which the band are fighting to get taken down.
They said: ‘We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down.’
Radiohead told the Trump administration to go ‘f*** yourselves’ as they condemned the unauthorized usage of their song in an ICE social media video (Frontman Thom Yorke pictured)
The band issued a statement on Friday after Let Down was used in a clip from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement which was shared to X
Radiohead added: ‘It ain’t funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don’t get to appropriate it without a fight. Also, go f*** yourselves… Radiohead.’
Radiohead have become the latest in a number of celebrities who have spoke out against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Billie Eilish managed to get herself censored by CBS as she made a fierce political statement after winning Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards this month.
The singer–songwriter called out the Trump administration and its crackdown on cities across the country as she and her brother Finneas O’Connell, 28, accepted the award on stage at Los Angeles‘s Crypto.com Arena.
‘As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land,’ Eilish said, referencing the colonization of the Americas by Europeans.
‘It’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I just feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter,’ Eilish continued.
She made her anti-ICE statement when stars including Joni Mitchell, Kehlani, and even Justin and Hailey Bieber wore “ICE OUT” pins in protest of the Trump administration’s hardline immigration policies.
Also making a statement — both on the red carpet and on stage — were stars including Kehlani, Jason Isbell, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, Rhiannon Giddens, country singer–songwriter Margo Price and more.
Radiohead said: ‘It ain’t funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don’t get to appropriate it without a fight. Also, go f*** yourselves… Radiohead’ (pictured in 1996)
The post read: ‘Thousands of American families have been torn apart because of criminal illegal alien violence’
Bad Bunny also made a strong statement against ICE as he accepted the top honor of the night.
Former Drive-By Truckers member Jason Isbell also spoke out against ICE with his own ICE OUT pin on the lapel of his coat.
Bon Iver frontman and mastermind Justin Vernon sported an ICE OUT pin on one side of his navy sport coat’s lapels, along with an orange whistle dangling from the other side.
Vernon explained that he wasn’t only protesting ICE, but also showing support for legal observers trying to document the actions of federal agents in Minneapolis and other major cities across the country.
‘I think there’s a reason that music exists and it’s to heal and to bring people together,’ he said while speaking to the Associated Press.
‘But the real work are those observers on the on the ground in Minneapolis [sic]. We just want to want to shout them out.’