Semisonic wrote in a statement that the band did not "authorize or condone" the White House using their song "Closing Time" in a video showing deportations.

Semisonic is the latest music act to blast the Trump White House for using their song. They're calling out the administration for using their song 'Closing Time' in a deportation video.

The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in a post of a man ...

Semisonic‘s biggest hit may have been used in a recent White House video glorifying the deportation of undocumented immigrants, but that doesn't mean the band approved of it. After the Donald ...

the official White House X account shared a video of Border Patrol agents deporting two men supposedly accused of unknown crimes set to the dulcet tones of Semisonic’s “Closing Time.” ...

The video is soundtracked by Semisonic’s “Closing Time,” the 1998 song written by future pop hitmaker Dan Wilson. On X, the official White House account shared Wilson’s lyrics “You don ...

Semisonic, the band behind the 1998 hit “Closing Time,” said the Trump administration did not ask for permission to use the song in a video appearing to show migrant deportations.

Minneapolis band Semisonic said the White House “missed the point” when it used the band’s 1998 song “Closing Time” in a social media video Monday showing shackled migrants being deported.

The group Semisonic is objecting to the use of their song “Closing Time” in a White House video on deportations that was posted to the Trump administration’s social media accounts. “We did not ...

The band Semisonic made clear Monday that it did not “authorize or condone” a White House video using their song “Closing Time.” The official White House and U.S. Customs and Border ...