Kesha has spoken out after the White House used her song “Blow” in a war montage video of a jet launching a missile.
“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 posted on her Instagram story March 2.
“Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane,” wrote the pop star, who has Nashville roots.
“I absolutely do 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.”
Kesha closed out her post with a reference to the Epstein Files.
“Also, don’t let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the Files over a million times.”
Kesha attends the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
The Trump Administration used Kesha’s 2010 hit in a Feb. 10 TikTok post.
With a caption that says “lethality,” the footage shows fighter jets blowing up enemy ships on open waters. The TikTok has been viewed 15 millions times and garnered nearly 2 million likes.
Following Kesha’s statement, White House Director of Communications Steven Cheung bit back on X.
“All these ‘singers’ keep falling for this,” Cheung wrote.
“This just gives us more attention and more view counts to our videos because people want to see what they’re b****ing about.”
Later in the evening, Kesha wrote, “Stop using my music, perverts @WhiteHouse.”
Kesha joins a growing list of musicians who have asked the Trump Administration to stop using their music, including Radiohead, Jack White, Olivia Rodrigo, the Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, Johnny Marr, ABBA, Neil Young, Céline Dion, Sabrina Carpenter, Sinead O’Connor’s estate, the family of Isaac Hayes and more.
Days earlier, the Department of Homeland Security used Radiohead’s song “Let Down” in a pro-ICE video.
The band responded, “go f*** yourselves.”
“We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down,” Radiohead wrote in a statement.
“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.”
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Likewise, DHS used Olivia Rodrigo‘s song “All American B****” in a November video.
“Don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,” she responded on Instagram.
SZA and Sabrina Carpenter have also spoken out against the use of their songs in pro-ICE content.
Audrey Gibbs is a music journalist at The Tennessean. You can reach her at agibbs@tennessean.com.
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