"Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane," Kesha wrote in an Instagram Stories post on Monday, March 2
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- Kesha posted a statement opposing the White House’s use of her song “Blow” in a video about military action
- “Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane,” Kesha wrote in an Instagram Stories post on Monday, March 2
- The singer is the latest musical act, along with Radiohead, Sabrina Carpenter and others, to demand that the White House stop using their songs
Kesha is speaking out against the Trump administration for using her song "Blow" in a video posted on social media that includes footage of military action.
The video, posted to the White House official social media pages on Feb. 10, features a fighter jet firing a missile at a naval ship and an explosion, set to the tune of Kesha's 2010 pop hit.
"It's come to my attention that The White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war," Kesha, 39, wrote in an Instagram Stories post on Monday, March 2. "Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane."
The "Die Young" singer added that she "absolutely" does not "approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind."
"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," the post continued.
Kesha concluded her post with a reference to President Donald Trump's name appearing in the Jeffrey Epstein files. Trump has denied wrongdoing related to his relationship with Epstein.
"Also, don't let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the Files over a million times," Kesha wrote.
Credit: Kesha/Instagram
Kesha joins a growing list of artists who have shared their frustration with Trump, 79, using their music to promote his campaigns, including Céline Dion, Bruce Springsteen, Linkin Park, Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Radiohead, and more.
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In response to Kesha's statement, White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung reposted her words on X, adding, “All these ‘singers’ keep falling for this. This just gives us more attention and more view counts to our videos because people want to see what they’re bitching about. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
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