NEW YORK— The band Semisonic is pressing back at the White Home for utilizing their hit track “Closing Time” over a social networks article that reveals a shackled refugee.
The White Home included the track in a message of a guy with his wrists cuffed to his waistline as he is patted down at a flight terminal. The video clip was captioned with the track’s verses: “You do not need to go home however you can not remain below.”
” We did not license or excuse the White Home’s use our track whatsoever. And no, they really did not ask. The track has to do with happiness and opportunities and hope, and they have actually misreaded totally,” the power pop triad from the Double Cities claimed in a declaration to The Associated Press.
Asked regarding the article Monday, White Home press assistant Karoline Leavitt claimed “our whole federal government plainly is leaning right into the message of this head of state.” United State Traditions and Boundary Security retweeted the White Home’s article on X with the inscription “It’s shutting time. We are making America secure once more.”
” Closing Time” is from Semisonic’s 1998 cd, “Really feeling Oddly Great,” which came to a head at No. 43 on the Signboard 200 cd graph. The track struck No. 4 on Signboard’s Grown-up Different Airplay graph and gained a Grammy election for finest rock track.
Semisonic signs up with a lengthy listing of entertainers that have actually challenged Trump utilizing their tracks, consisting of ABBA, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Phil Collins, Pharrell, John Fogerty, Neil Youthful, Swirl Give, Panic! at the Nightclub, R.E.M., Weapons N’ Roses, Celine Dion, Beyoncé and Adele.
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