Ariana Grande tells Trump to ‘never use my music again’ after his team features her song in TikTok video

• Ariana Grande has demanded that Donald Trump’s team stop using her music after her song We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) featured in a Team Trump TikTok video.

• Grande directly criticised the post, commenting: “Never use my music again. Also, your truth is false,” distancing herself from the administration’s message on transgender athletes.

• This is not the first time Grande has objected to her music being used by Trump’s team, after previously challenging the use of Bye in a video promoting immigration enforcement.

The video, uploaded to the official Team Trump TikTok account on Thursday, August 20, showed Trump walking towards a podium at a rally as on-screen text promoted his administration’s stance against transgender women competing in women’s sports.

Grande’s We Can’t Be Friends (Wait For Your Love) played in the background.

The singer responded directly in the comments section, making it clear that she did not approve of the song being used in the political video.

Grande wrote;

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The video also carried a message arguing that men should not have babies or compete in women’s sports, a position Grande appeared to distance herself from through her response.

This is not the first time Grande has criticised the Trump administration over the use of her music.

In June, the White House used her song Bye in a TikTok post promoting immigration enforcement activities.

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Grande objected to the use of her music alongside the administration’s immigration policies, after which the song was muted in the video.

Her latest reaction places her among a growing list of high-profile musicians who have objected to their music being used by Trump or his political team.

Artists including Sabrina Carpenter, Katy Perry, SZA, Adele, Neil Young, Rihanna, Céline Dion, ABBA and Elton John have previously raised objections to the use of their music in connection with Trump or his political activities.

Grande’s latest comments reinforce her position that she does not want her music associated with political messaging from Trump’s camp, having now publicly objected to such use on more than one occasion.