Semisonic condemns the use of 'closing time' in the deportation video | Trump Administration

The band-Semisonic said that Donald Trump's White House missed the point “The point” of the HIT closing time “completely” when the government used the song nominated by Grammy in a social media post in which a tied person was shown that was deported.

An explanation from Semisonic also said that the White House did not have permission to use the song in this way.

The contribution of the White House contained a video of a man who was tied up with handcuffs on the waist while he was beaten at an airport and was written with the signature texts of the song: “You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.”

“We never approved or tolerate the use of our song” Closing time “by the White House,” said the band formed in Minneapoli's in a separate Facebook post after the video was widespread. “And no, you didn't ask.

The US Customs and Border Protection Authority has retired the contribution of the White House with the caption: “It is the closing time.

The press spokesman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, said on Monday that “our entire government clearly leans into the message of this president” when he was asked for the song.

The closing time occurred on the 1998 1998 album, which was strangely okay, which was reached on the Billboard 200 with No. 43 and received a Grammy nomination for the best rock song.

Semisonic joins a growing list of artists who are against Trump's unauthorized use of their music, including ABBA, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Phil Collins, Pharrell, John Fogerty, Neil Young, Panic! At the disco, rem, guns n 'roses, céline dion and adele.

In 2024 Dions Management and Sony Music Canada blamed the unauthorized use of my heart at a Trump campaign in Montana. A statement that alludes to the presence of the hits on the soundtrack of the 1997 film Titanic and published on its social media – was this use in no way is authorized, and Celine Dion does not support this or a similar use. … And really this song? “

Rihanna did not stop a similar answer in 2018 when the music that was played during a Trump rally did not stop. She said that her music should not be used for political purposes.

Artists such as Steven Tyler and Young have sent cease-and-desist letters in which their songs are not used at campaign events. In May 2023, villagers also sent a frequent letter and threatened legal steps after Trump had used her song Macho Man and other hits without their permission.