Grammy-winning superstar Olivia Rodrigo recently destroyed the Department of Homeland Security.
On Friday, Rodrigo publicly condemned DHS after the agency used her song “all-american b*tch” in an Instagram reel promoting self-deportation through the CBP Home app, a digital tool tied to stepped-up ICE enforcement.
Rodrigo, who did not approve the use of her music, shredded the government’s tone-deaf choice, calling it “racist, hateful propaganda” and reminding everyone that the track itself is a satirical critique of American expectations placed on women, not a soundtrack for immigration messaging.
Whoever hit “post” on that reel? Fired in spirit, at least.
Olivia Said No, DHS Said… Oops?
The video reportedly paired the blistering, feminist-rage anthem with a government rollout encouraging undocumented people to voluntarily deport themselves online, which is essentially like asking Beyoncé to do a DJ anti-dance campaign.
Rodrigo was not having it. Underneath the comment section of the Instagram post, she blasted the agency’s decision and reiterated her longstanding opposition to ICE’s tactics, including her earlier activism against ICE raids in Los Angeles.
The stark mismatch between her song’s message and DHS” agenda made the whole situation feel like a performance-art-level parody, except that it was, unfortunately, real.
Social Media Reacts: “Mother Is Doing What Needs to Be Done”
The stans, the critics, the political girls, everyone weighed in as if it were the season finale of democracy.
Here are some of the most viral reactions:
“& let’s clarify that it doesn’t matter if you want to call this ‘rage-bait’. It is your obligation as an artist to step in and denounce when your work is being used to promote the things you don’t believe in when you see it happening. She saw this and spoke against it. Simple.”
“That’s my girl, everyone else needs to take f***ing notes and call st out like this.”
“This 22-year-old pop star with only two albums has taken more risks and has more of a backbone than most established singers with decade-long careers.”
“One of the only main pop girls who has ALWAYS stood on business.”
“A song about ridiculing the American standards/culture.. whoever runs that account has zero media literacy.”
Then… the subtle shade arrived:
“When the racist administration uses Olivia’s music she calls it out directly while Taylor stays quiet and that’s what separates Olivia from Taylor.”
“I’ll always give Olivia her 10s for making her political stances clear unlike those artists who choose to stay silent because they don’t want to lose sales from Republican fans.”
And finally, one person sent a dagger:
“How someone else should have handled her song being used in those ads, but she’s a weirdo and was all for it…”
Whew. No one was making it out of the replies unscathed.
