Radiohead Demands ICE Remove Unauthorized Song Video

Radiohead, the influential British rock band, has demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement remove a social media video that features an unauthorized choral cover of their 1997 song "Let Down" without permission. The video, posted on ICE's accounts on February 18, 2026, and shared by the Department of Homeland Security, the White House, and President Donald Trump, pairs the music with images of American citizens depicted as victims of crimes allegedly committed by undocumented immigrants. It concludes with the phrase "This is our why," alongside a caption stating that thousands of American families have been torn apart by such violence and that the agency fights for those affected.

In a statement issued on February 27, the band expressed strong disapproval. "We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down," Radiohead said. "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 fuck yourselves." The track, the third from the band's acclaimed album OK Computer, includes lyrics heard in the video such as "You know where you are with" repeated, followed by lines...