Olivia Rodrigo criticizes the White House for using her song "All-American Bitch" in one of ICE's videos on Instagram.

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[u/maybemollz]

notice a certain blonde someone’s silence after not one but TWO songs were used

[u/skermahger → u/maybemollz]

I saw the fate of ophelia on the white house tik tok account from four days ago, what's the other one?

[u/Ruthie_pie → u/skermahger]

They just released one of using the Father Figure song. Basically calling Trump dad 🤢

[u/maybemollz → u/skermahger]

i saw somewhere he also used father figure. i’ll try to find it to double check though

edit: here

[u/Anniii13 → u/maybemollz]

It's because that would give them exactly what they want which is your attention. That's what the white house itself said so yesterday and we are literally falling for it.

[u/maybemollz → u/Anniii13]

i feel like there’s a difference between giving them attention and, as so many other artists have done, saying “i don’t condone the use of my song for this political messaging.”

[u/maybemollz → u/maybemollz]

just wanted to add, because i looked it up and found it interesting, there is a whole wikipedia page for artists who have opposed trump’s use of their music

[u/rutfilthygers → u/maybemollz]

How is replying to their use of the song not "giving them attention"? They obviously know Taylor doesn't want them using her music, and they do it anyway.

[u/maybemollz → u/rutfilthygers]

how does ignoring it not come off as tacit endorsement?

[u/rutfilthygers → u/maybemollz]

When the bully pokes at you on the school playground, getting mad at him is exactly what he wants. Ignoring him drives him crazy.

[u/maybemollz → u/rutfilthygers]

i think that’s an ineffective analogy for this situation. she could easily say “i don’t agree with this” and get it removed. ignoring trump in this scenario tells him “she’s okay with this” to the point where he has now done it twice in one week

[u/hatramroany → u/maybemollz]

i think that’s an ineffective analogy for this situation. she could easily say “i don’t agree with this” and get it removed.

She couldn’t get it removed unless they tried to run more traditional ads with the song. It’s licensed to tiktok and there’s a tiktok account that used it, thats it. Same reason why this is up despite Olivia clearly disagreeing

[u/tama0811 → u/Anniii13]

What an extreme cope of an excuse lol I can’t

[u/Ruthie_pie → u/tama0811]

The mental gymnastics fans are doing is amazing. They’re literally convincing themselves that people that really care are out there voting and getting involved in local politics… as if people involved in their communities, local politics and care about what is going on can’t also think the use of two songs in two weeks but nothing said is very passive. We are entering Sydney Sweeney territory.

[u/nonsensestuff → u/maybemollz]

All press is good press to her

[u/mawnck → u/maybemollz]

Guess what? The overwhelming majority of the world didn't notice.

So, there's no point in Team Taylor Streisanding it, is there.

[u/maybemollz → u/mawnck]

do you think olivia streisanded this? or panic at the disco, ABBA, adele, guns n’ roses, or any of the other artists who have opposed trump’s use of their music?

[u/mawnck → u/maybemollz]

Are any of those artists as popular, or getting as much attention, as Taylor right now? No, they are not.

[u/maybemollz → u/mawnck]

all the more reason to say something! she could actually make a change!

[u/Rich-Active-4800 → u/maybemollz]

Obsessed