Pop star Zara Larsson is the latest artist to condemn the White House for using her music in a social media video to promote deportation.
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Larsson → condemn → deportation
The White House shared a TikTok video on Wednesday, showing footage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arresting and deporting people while Larsson’s Midnight Sun plays in the background with the caption, “Never ending deportations.”
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Sun → share → deportations
On Thursday, Larsson shared a response by stitching the White House’s video and said, “Like, I don’t even know what to say.
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I → share → what
I saw some comments.
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I got tagged in this obviously, and some people were like, ‘She’s going to be pissed.’
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You know what?
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I’m just sad.
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I’m just really sad.
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That really makes me sad to see that, genuinely.
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me → make → that
My heart’s heavy.”
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heart → ’ → ?
“I wish I could speak to whoever made this video.
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whoever → wish → video
I wish I could talk to you and I wish I could help you remember that you and I, we aren’t that different.
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we → wish → you
And we’re not that different from the people in this video either.
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we → ’re → video
The biggest difference between us is that we were dealt a different hand in life,” Larsson continued.
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Larsson → deal → life
The Swedish singer said that she considers herself “so lucky” with the life that she’s been dealt.
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“The fact that I’m born in Sweden, I have healthcare, I’ve had an education and I’ve had all these opportunities just sort of laid out in front of me.
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I can travel and get to do all these amazing things.
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That’s luck, so much of that is luck.
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There are people out there who are not that lucky, and they want to have a better life for their families or for themselves and their children.
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they → be → themselves
I just don’t understand how it could be the worst thing in the world to be an undocumented immigrant,” the 28-year-old pop star said.
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“I think, sure, if you want to talk about politics and immigration politics, fine.
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But that’s really not what this is.
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These people in this video are real people,” Larsson said.
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He’s working.
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Half majority of these people who are undocumented are regular people with jobs and are just trying to have a better future.”
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who → try → future
“I don’t understand why you would do this video,” Larsson continued.
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“It’s so crazy how everything is so meme-ified and and ha-ha-ha video, especially to this song, which is about feeling connected to nature, the universe and people, essentially.
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And this just creates this massive divide between people.
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I just don’t get it.
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It’s so f—-ing uncool…
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You guys are such f—-ing losers, like it’s crazy.”
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Global News has reached out to the White House for comment, but has not received a response.
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This isn’t the first time Larsson has spoke out about the White House using her music in social media posts.
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In January, the White House posted a video of U.S. President Donald Trump dancing to her song Lush Life with text on the screen that read, “We love America First, we love deportations.
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We love cheap gas prices.
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We love a secure border.
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We love world peace.
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We love law and order.
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We love work not welfare.
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WE LOVE ICE and our law enforcement!”
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…and 25 more, not listed.
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