Pop star Sabrina Carpenter slammed the White House on Tuesday after it posted a video using her song “Juno.”
The video on the official X account of the White House featured a montage of clips appearing to show Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers chasing down and handcuffing people. The lyrics “Wanna try out some freaky positions? Have you ever tried this one?” from “Juno” play over the video.
“this video is evil and disgusting,” Carpenter wrote in response to the video, posted on X. “Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
When asked for further comment, Carpenter’s team directed NBC News to her post on X.
this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.
— Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn) December 2, 2025
Carpenter’s response is not the first time the administration of President Donald Trump has been criticized for using music or intellectual property in social media posts.
In September, the Department of Homeland Security used the “Pokémon” television show theme song “Gotta Catch ‘Em All,” and imagery from the cartoon series, in a social media video similar to the one with Carpenter’s music. Nintendo, the company that owns the Pokémon franchise, said it was “not involved in the creation or distribution of this content, and permission was not granted for the use of our intellectual property.”
The video is still up on the DHS X account as of Tuesday.
That same week, DHS took down a social media video that included a clip of podcaster and comedian Theo Von saying “Heard you got deported, dude, bye!”
At the time, Von called out DHS’ use of his snippet on X, writing: “Yooo DHS i didnt approve to be used in this.”
“I know you know my address so send a check,” Von added.
“And please take this down and please keep me out of your ‘banger’ deportation videos,” he said. “When it comes to immigration my thoughts and heart are a lot more nuanced than this video allows. Bye!”
DHS removed the video after Von’s response.
In October, rock band MGMT said it was aware that their song “Little Dark Age” was being used in what it called a “propaganda video” posted by DHS. The band said it “has issued a takedown request for the unauthorized use of their music.”
And in November, after DHS used Olivia Rodrigo’s “all-american bitch” as the soundtrack to yet another social media video of agents rounding up people, Rodrigo commented on the post demanding the agency stop using her music.
“don’t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda,” Rodrigo wrote in a comment on the Instagram post, according to a screenshot captured by Deadline.
While the video is still up on the DHS Instagram account, Rodrigo’s comment appears to have been deleted and her song removed from the post.
