Sabrina Carpenter is calling out the White House after her hit song “Juno” was used without permission in a pro-ICE X/Twitter video posted on December 1. The 19-second clip, published on the administration’s official account, featured a montage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations—including street arrests, handcuff close-ups, and footage of detained individuals—set to a snippet of Carpenter’s 2024 track. The edit synced the lyric “Have you ever tried… this one?” with video of ICE agents detaining migrants, turning the song’s playful theme into an endorsement of deportation tactics.
Carpenter responded within hours, condemning the use of her music in a firm statement on social media. “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” she wrote, distancing herself from any association with ICE messaging.
The backlash reflects a recurring pattern in recent weeks, as federal agencies under the Trump administration have repeatedly used mainstream hits to promote aggressive immigration policies. Only weeks earlier, Olivia Rodrigo publicly denounced DHS for incorporating “all-american b*tch” into a video encouraging “voluntary self-deportation” flights. That clip was similarly condemned for mocking immigrant communities and exploiting young female artists’ work for political messaging.
“Juno,” featured on Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet album, is a confident, flirtatious pop song that became a standout moment on her 2024–2025 tour. Its signature “arrest” gag—where Carpenter cuffed fans with fuzzy pink handcuffs—was intended as a tongue-in-cheek bit of stageplay, not a commentary on law enforcement.
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