Kesha slams White House use of her song 'Blow' for bombing video
Pop singer Kesha condemned the use of her song Blow in a White House video showing a fighter jet shooting a missile at a naval ship.
The 30-second video, captioned "Lethality," was uploaded on the official TikTok account of the White House on Feb. 11. It has since gotten 1.9 million reactions.
"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. I absolutely do not approve of my music being used to promote violence of any kind," Kesha wrote on X on March 3.
"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," she continued.
— kesha (@KeshaRose) March 2, 2026
The singer then took a swipe at US President Donald Trump, writing, "Don't let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the Files over a million times." It appears Kesha was referring to the controversial Epstein files, which supposedly contain thousands of pages where Trump's name is mentioned, allegedly in connection with the late Jeffrey Epstein's predatory activities.
An hour after posting her protest, Kesha followed it up with another, shorter post.
"Stop using my music, perverts," she wrote, tagging the White House.
Soon after Kesha's posts were published, White House Communications director Steven Cheung hit back at the singer by sharing her post and replying, "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 bi*ching about. Thank you for your attention to this matter."
Kesha is not the first US artist to object to the White House's unauthorized use of their material. In December, Sabrina Carpenter's song Juno was used in a video depicting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tackling people and clipping handcuffs onto detainees.
"This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda," Carpenter wrote on social media.
Kenny Loggins has also demanded that the White House remove his hit song Danger Zone from a video using AI-generated images of Trump as a fighter pilot, lodging excrement on his political enemies.
In 2024, Celine Dion and Beyoncé separately condemned the use of their songs in Trump campaign videos.
The US and Israel are currently carrying out a coordinated attack against Iran.
On Feb. 28, the two allies launched military strikes against Iran, targeting its leadership. The day after the initial attacks, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with his daughter, son-in-law, and grandson were killed.
According to CNN, Israel has been carrying out "simultaneous strikes in Tehran and Beirut." Meanwhile, Iran is striking US allies in the Middle East.
