{"id":575269,"date":"2026-07-30T10:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/575269\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T10:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:22:12","slug":"white-house-snaps-at-noah-kanan-for-criticizing-use-of-his-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/575269\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Snaps at Noah Kanan For Criticizing Use Of His Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe White House<\/a> has gone on the offensive after Noah Kahan<\/a> criticized president Donald Trump for using his music in social media propaganda.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe brewing beef stems from the administration\u2019s videos and photos posted to TikTok and Instagram cued to Kahan\u2019s song \u201cAmerican Cars\u201d from his fourth studio album, the Billboard 200 No. 1 LP\u00a0The Great Divide, all part of an exercise to celebrate Trump\u2019s visit to a Michigan auto plant this week where the POTUS touted cars made in America.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 29-year-old Vermont-bred singer and songwriter wasn\u2019t thrilled by the situation. \u201cWould never approve of my music being used in support of you or this administration,\u201d the \u201cStick Season\u201d artist wrote write in\u00a0comments on Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0where the sound appears to have been disabled. Kahan\u2019s comment on Monday\u2019s (July 27) post has more than 53,500 likes, and upwards of 840 comments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tKahan\u2019s frequent cowriter and the co-author of \u201cAmerican Cars,\u201d guitarist Noah Levine, vented with his own comment on the Instagram post, writing, \u201cYou fat f\u2014 this song isn\u2019t for you.\u201d Levine\u2019s comment has since been wiped, an action that was spotted my numerous users. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe song, however, continues to accompany the\u00a0White House TikTok<\/a>\u00a0from the event, where it plays as Trump is signing a white Corvette while visiting the General Motors proving grounds in Milford, Mich.<\/p>\n

\n\tTrump\u2019s team isn\u2019t holding back. Kaelan Dorr, who holds several titles with the Trump administration, including principal deputy communications director, retweeted Variety\u2019s post on Kahan\u2019s comments, and offering some of his own<\/a>. \u201cSymptoms of TDS,\u201d a reference to Trump Derangement Syndrome, \u201capparently include having a northern attitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s worth pointing out that Kahan\u2019s recordings are available for use as part of the public Instagram library following a\u00a02024 pact<\/a>\u00a0between the Universal Music Group and Meta (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Horizon, Threads and WhatsApp).<\/p>\n

\n\tKahan is a member of a large, and growing roster of acts<\/a>\u00a0who have spoken out against Trump using their music in campaign and administration hype videos, a list that includes Beyonc\u00e9, Adele, Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, Celine Dion, Foo Fighters, Guns N\u2019 Roses, Jack White\/White Stripes, Kenny Loggins, Neil Young, Olivia Rodrigo, and Rihanna.<\/p>\n