NEW YORK — The band Semisonic is pushing again on the White Home for utilizing their hit track “Closing Time” over a social media publish that reveals a shackled deportee.
The White Home added the track in a publish of a person along with his wrists handcuffed to his waist as he’s patted down at an airport. The video was captioned with the track’s lyrics: “You don’t should go dwelling however you may’t keep right here.”
“We didn’t authorize or condone the White Home’s use of our track in any means. And no, they didn’t ask. The track is about pleasure and potentialities and hope, they usually have missed the purpose fully,” the facility pop trio from the Twin Cities mentioned in a press release to The Related Press.
Requested concerning the publish Monday, White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt mentioned “our total authorities clearly is leaning into the message of this president.” U.S. Customs and Border Safety retweeted the White Home’s publish on X with the caption “It’s closing time. We’re making America secure once more.”
“Closing Time” is from Semisonic’s 1998 album, “Feeling Surprisingly Positive,” which peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The track hit No. 4 on Billboard’s Grownup Different Airplay chart and earned a Grammy nomination for greatest rock track.
Semisonic joins a protracted checklist of performers who’ve objected to Trump utilizing their songs, together with ABBA, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Phil Collins, Pharrell, John Fogerty, Neil Younger, Eddy Grant, Panic! on the Disco, R.E.M., Weapons N’ Roses, Celine Dion, Beyoncé and Adele.
