Topline
Radiohead is demanding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take down a social media video that uses one of its songs, saying it was used without the band’s permission.
Radiohead is telling the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take down a video that uses one of its songs.
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Key Facts
In a statement to multiple entertainment outlets, including Variety and Consequence of Sound, a Radiohead spokesperson referenced “the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account” as it called for the video to be removed, adding: “It ain’t funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don’t get to appropriate it without a fight. Also, go f*** yourselves… Radiohead.”
A version of its song “Let Down” was used in a Feb. 18 video by ICE, which highlighted “criminal illegal alien violence” that the federal agency says has torn apart thousands of American families.
The video shows dozens of photos of Americans, accompanied by Radiohead lyrics from its iconic “OK Computer” album: “You know where you are with/ You know where you are with/ Floor collapses, floating/ Bouncing back/ And one day I am gonna grow wings/ A chemical reaction/ Hysterical and useless.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.