Zara Larsson has spoken out after The White House enlisted her hit Midnight Sun as the soundtrack for its latest anti-immigration social media clip.
The Trump administration posted a TikTok video on Wednesday night featuring a montage of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detaining and deporting migrants, using her breakthrough track from 2025 as the audio bed.
The Lush Life singer wasted no time in replying with her own TikTok clip, opening by flashing the “loser” gesture with her fingers.
“It really makes me sad to see this, honestly, my heart feels heavy,” she told her followers. “Because I wish I could speak to whoever made this clip. I wish I could talk to you. And I wish I could help you remember that you and I aren’t that different. At all. And we aren’t that different from the people in this video, either. The only real difference is that life handed us different opportunities.”
The 28-year-old noted that she was fortunate to be born in Sweden with access to education and healthcare, while others are “not that lucky.”
“They want to secure a better life for their families, or for themselves and their children. And I simply don’t understand how it could be the worst thing in the world to be an undocumented immigrant,” she continued. “And most of these people who are undocumented are everyday individuals with jobs, just trying to build a brighter future.”
Criticising the “dehumanising” video, Zara said, “I don’t understand why you would put out something like this… It just creates a huge divide between people. I simply don’t get it. It’s incredibly uncool… You folks are such utter losers.”
The White House’s video remains on their TikTok page.
Many other artists have previously opposed the use of their music in pro-Trump social media posts, including Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, Noah Kahan, Sabrina Carpenter, and Olivia Rodrigo.
