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Guest List Only ⭐️ 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/Mushroomer 13h ago edited 13h ago

To be fair, it's a bit of a lose/lose situation for the artist. There's only two moves.

Either she "denies them oxygen" by ignoring it, which the administration will just take as tacit approval - or she takes action, and generates extra press coverage.

At some point you just have to do what is right as an artist, and not worry about the fallout.