Sabrina Carpenter performs during her “Short n’ Sweet” tour at Madison Square Garden on October 26, 2025 in New York, New York.
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Pop star Sabrina Carpenter on Tuesday blasted the Trump administration for using her hit 2024 song “Juno” as the soundtrack for a TikTok video showing Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detaining people during raids.
“This video is evil and disgusting,” Carpenter wrote on X, in response to the White House posting the ICE video on TikTok.
“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” she added.
The clip posted by the White House begins with footage of a protest against ICE operations before cutting to a montage of agents handcuffing and detaining people.
The soundtrack features a viral lyric from “Juno”: “Have you ever tried this one?”
The caption on the White House’s post echoes the lyric: “Have you ever tried this one? Bye-bye.”
Carpenter typically performs the song on tour with a playful skit involving pink furry faux handcuffs.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson responded to Carpenter’s criticism in a statement to CNBC.
“Here’s a Short n’ Sweet message for Sabrina Carpenter: we won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country,” Jackson said.
“Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?” she said.
“Short n’ Sweet” is the 2024 album by Carpenter that launched her to global fame. “Juno” is on that album.
CNBC has requested comment from Carpenter representatives.
Carpenter is the latest in a growing line of artists who have objected to President Donald Trump or his administration using their music without permission or in political messaging.
Beyoncé, Neil Young, ABBA, Celine Dion, and Olivia Rodrigo are among the performers who have previously demanded that Trump stop using their songs at rallies or in social-media videos.
Several of those artists have sent cease-and-desist letters or threatened legal action.
