{"id":243318,"date":"2026-03-19T15:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/03\/19\/olivia-rodrigo-recalls-awful-experience-of-u-s-government-using-her-music-for-dystopian-ice-propaganda-3\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:19:04","slug":"olivia-rodrigo-recalls-awful-experience-of-u-s-government-using-her-music-for-dystopian-ice-propaganda-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/03\/19\/olivia-rodrigo-recalls-awful-experience-of-u-s-government-using-her-music-for-dystopian-ice-propaganda-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Rodrigo Recalls \u2018Awful\u2019 Experience of U.S. Government Using Her Music for \u2018Dystopian\u2019 ICE\u00a0Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tOlivia Rodrigo<\/a> is still in disbelief over the United States government using her music to promote ICE, the actions of which the pop star called \u201cdisturbing\u201d in a new cover story interview with British Vogue<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the piece published Thursday (March 19), Rodrigo recalled finding out that her Guts <\/em>track \u201cAll-American Bitch\u201d had been paired with footage of immigration enforcement officers tackling and detaining people posted by the Department of Homeland Security. \u201cThat was awful. Dystopian,\u201d she told the publication.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cThe way that ICE is ripping apart communities and terrorizing people is so disturbing,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019s a really sad, scary time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBillboard<\/em> has reached out to DHS for comment.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe incident in question took place in November, with the DHS specifically using \u201cAll-American Bitch\u201d to threaten undocumented citizens<\/a> with \u201cconsequences\u201d if they didn\u2019t \u201cself-deport\u201d using the Trump administration\u2019s CBP Home app. At the time, Rodrigo wrote in the comments, \u201cdon\u2019t ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Grammy winner has also spoken up against the agency in the past, joining numerous other artists<\/a> in condemning ICE for carrying out mass deportations in immigrant communities and acting violently against some protestors \u2014 including Renee Good and Alex Pretti, both of whom were shot and killed by officers in Minneapolis. <\/p>\n

\n\tElsewhere in the new interview, Rodrigo teased her next album \u2014 which is apparently only about 70% finished \u2014 and confirmed fan suspicions that many of the songs are about being in love. There is a twist, though; the former Disney star explained that the LP is actually rife with \u201csad love songs,\u201d having realized that all of her \u201cfavorite romantic love songs were beautiful because they had a tinge of fear or yearning in them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c[I thought] that the second I\u2019m in a really great relationship, I\u2019m gonna start feeling good about myself, and this stuff is going to fall into place,\u201d said the musician, who was most recently linked to Louis Partridge. \u201cBut it just doesn\u2019t work like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSee Rodrigo on the cover of British Vogue <\/em>below.<\/p>\n

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