Semisonic Slam White House for “closing time” deportation video

The nineties of Rockers Semisonic sentenced the use of their hit song “Clocken Time” by the White House in a new video in which deportation promotes.

“We have never approved or tolerated the use of our song” Closing time “by the White House,” wrote Semisonic in a social media declaration that you can see below. “And no, you didn't ask. The song is about joy and possibilities and hope, and you have completely missed the point.”

Published in 1998 as a lead single before the second album of Semisonics Semisonic I feel strange good“Closing time” exceeded Advertising board'S Alternative AirPlay chart and brought his accompanying album to platinum status. Although the texts literally refer to leave a bar at the end of the night, band leader and songwriter Dan Wilson also wrote the song about the birth of his daughter Corazon.

The 17-second video of the White House, which will be divided on Monday on social media, shows us customs and border protection officers, the cuffs around the waist of a man and hands as a verse to the “closing time” (“(” (“(” (“(” “” “” “” “” “” “(” (“(” (“(” (“(” (“(” (“(” (“(” Mannes and the hands that “Closing time, you don't have to go home / but you can't stay here“) plays. As a choir of the song (“I know who I want to bring home“) begins, the camera cuts a setting of several men who climb into an airplane, whereby a border patrol vehicle is clearly visible in the foreground.

You can watch the clip below.

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Other rockers who condemned Trump to use their songs without permission

Semisonic is far from the first artist who follows President Donald Trump's government for the use of her songs without her consent. In 2022, the Tom Petty estate demanded that the Governor candidate of Pro-Trump in Arizona, Kari Lake, to stop petty “I'm not going back” when she denied her loss of election.

In 2020, the Rolling Stones also threatened to sue the Trump campaign for unauthorized use of their song. “You can't always get what you want”.

And last year, Jack and Meg White submitted a lawsuit against Trump for the “Seven Nation Army” of the “Seven Nation Army” of the “Seven Nation Army” by Jack and Meg. White shared a photo of the lawsuit on Instagram with the caption “This machine sued Fascist”.