What to Know
Kesha is warning the “perverts” at the White House to stop using her music, and people love her for being so blunt about it. On February 10, the White House used Kesha’s song “Blow” without her knowledge or approval. Weeks later, she took to social media to tell the Trump administration that she absolutely did not want them using her music to “incite violence and threaten war.” The clip shared by the White House features a fighter jet firing a missile at a naval ship.
Kesha called the Trump administration “disgusting and inhumane” for this.
She’s not the first musician to do so. Various other artists, such as Sabrina Carpenter and Céline Dion, have also spoken out after the Trump administration used their songs without their consent. In a statement shared to social media, Kesha wrote, “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 also accused the Trump administration of putting their “blatant disregard for human life” on full display with the offensive video. She continued, “Love always trumps hate. please love yourself and each other in times like this. 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.”
Kesha then concluded her post by reminding people to not forget about the Epstein files and calling President Donald Trump a “criminal predator.” She wrote, “Also, don’t let this distract us from the fact that criminal predator Donald Trump appears in the Files over a million times.”
— kesha (@KeshaRose) March 2, 2026
In a follow up post, she tagged the White House directly.
Just in case her message was not clear, Kesha shared a more succinct version: “Stop using my music, perverts @WhiteHouse.” Some people who saw Kesha’s posts agreed that the Trump administration seems to be trying to distract people from the Epstein files. “they’re trying to distract us by all means…” one person wrote on X.
Of course, some people who support Trump didn’t love Kesha’s response to the Trump administration using her music. But to many others, Kesha’s reaction made perfect sense. “Respect for standing on your principles,” someone wrote. “Music shouldn’t be weaponized for politics or war messaging. Artists have every right to draw that line.”
Another person joked, “Kesha has a higher approval rating than the president of the United States.”
Stop using my music, perverts @WhiteHouse
— kesha (@KeshaRose) March 3, 2026
But the ever-so-mature White House proceeded to mock Kesha for speaking up about this.
It’s not the first time that the White House has tried to use a pop song by an artist who clearly does not support Trump, and some people have long speculated that they’re doing it to get attention. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung basically confirmed this. “All these ‘singers’ keep falling for this,” he said on social media. “This just gives us more attention and more view counts to our videos because people want to see what they’re b—-ing about. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
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 bitching about.
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) March 3, 2026
Thank you for your attention to this matter. https://t.co/QIAzNh4Xhg
In response, people asked Cheung how he can live with himself. “whole admin built around trolling, ‘triggering the libs’, outrage bait,” one critic responded. “you’re welcome for the engagement stephen. it won’t fill that void inside you and it won’t save you later.”
Besides, why is the government so worried about engagement on social media? Don’t they maybe have other things to worry about? Another critic said, “You are the government, what do you mean ‘it just gives us more attention and views’?”
After all, social media engagement won’t make people trust the Trump administration and won’t improve Trump’s approval rating. “If the goal is attention, outrage marketing works,” someone else said. “Controversy drives clicks, but engagement doesn’t equal credibility. Views aren’t validation, they’re just traffic.”
