Ariana Grande Blasts White House Over TikTok Post Using Her Song ‘Bye’

BreakingBusinessAriana Grande Blasts White House Over TikTok Post Using Her Song ‘Bye’ByAntonio Pequeño IV,Forbes Staff. Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more.Follow AuthorJun 11, 2026, 08:02pm EDTToplineAriana Grande blasted the White House on Thursday for using one of her songs in a TikTok post, according to multiple outlets, demanding it “not ever use” her music for “barbaric” content. Ariana Grande attends The 2024 Met Gala.Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/VogueKey FactsGrande made the demand in a comment on a TikTok post from the White House that depicted people being arrested by immigration agents and featured her 2024 song “Bye.”The comment, which Reuters first reported, said, “Please do not ever use my music ⁠in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense.”The comment did not appear to be visible on the post as of Thursday at 7:30 p.m. EDT, though a spokesperson for Grande confirmed to Variety the singer left the comment.Grande’s team is trying to remove the audio from the post, Reuters and Variety reported. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.elements.video/player.js?cid=62cec241-7d09-4462-afc2-f72f8d8ef40a'; script.setAttribute('defer', '1'); script.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); iframeDoc.body.appendChild(script); }; document.head.appendChild(iframe); const preloadResourcesEndpoint = 'https://cds.elements.video/a/preload-resources-ovp.json'; fetch(preloadResourcesEndpoint, { priority: 'low' }) .then(response => { if (!response.ok) { throw new Error('Network response was not ok', preloadResourcesEndpoint); } return response.json(); }) .then(data => { const cssUrl = data.css; const cssUrlLink = document.createElement('link'); cssUrlLink.rel = '...