Kesha has hit out at the White House after it mocked her outrage over a “disgusting” video soundtracked by one of her songs.
A recent clip on the official White House TikTok account uses the pop star’s 2011 single ‘Blow’ alongside footage of a military jet, which launches a missile to destroy what appears to be an enemy ship.
The post is accompanied by the caption: “Lethality 🔥🦅.” It has since registered over 15million views on TikTok, earned more than two million ‘likes’ and been shared over 500,000 times.
Writing on social media last night (Monday March 2), Kesha said: “It’s come to my attention that The White House has used one of my songs on TikTok to incite violence and threaten war. Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane.”
She continued: “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.”
@whitehouseLethality 🔥🦅
♬ original sound – The White House
Kesha concluded: “Also, don’t let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the [Epstein] Files over a million times.”
Later, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung re-posted Kesha’s statement on his X/Twitter profile. “All these ‘singers’ keep falling for this,” he wrote. “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.”
Shortly afterwards, Kesha fired back with a simple request: “Stop using my music, perverts.” She also tagged the official White House account in the tweet. See the posts below.
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. https://t.co/QIAzNh4Xhg
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) March 3, 2026
Stop using my music, perverts @WhiteHouse
— kesha (@KeshaRose) March 3, 2026
As Deadline reports, the estate of Isaac Hayes recently reached a settlement with President Donald Trump over their objections to his use of the Hayes co-written track ‘Hold On, I’m Coming’ at campaign rallies. The estate sued Trump for $3million after allegedly finding over 130 instances where the song was used at his campaign rallies without permission.
Elsewhere, Radiohead have condemned the unauthorised use of a cover of their song ‘Let Down’ in a video by the Department of Homeland Security, which runs ICE: “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. Also, go fuck yourselves…”
Other artists to have criticised Trump and his government’s use of their music at rallies and in online videos include Olivia Rodrigo, The Rolling Stones, Celine Dion, Sabrina Carpenter, Neil Young, Linkin Park and Kenny Loggins.
In 2024, Trump lost a legal battle over using Eddy Grant‘s song ‘Electric Avenue’ without permission in a video during his 2020 presidential campaign. Meanwhile, Jack White has slammed the POTUS for his military campaign in Iran, mocking him for being the “leader of the ‘Board of Peace’.”
Kesha’s ‘Tits Out’ UK and Ireland tour kicks off next week, and includes two nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. Find any remaining tickets here. This summer, she’ll open for Pitbull at BST Hyde Park in London and the new Roundhay Festival in Leeds. The singer released her latest studio album, ‘Period’, last summer.
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