Noah Kahan has slammed the Trump administration for using his single ‘American Cars’ without permission.
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It comes after the White House posted a series of Instagram photos depicting Donald Trump‘s visit to General Motors’ flagship test site in Michigan which was soundtracked to Kahan’s single.
After he was alerted to his music being used, Kahan hit back in the comments section of the post, writing “Would never approve of my music being used in support of you or this administration.”
Noah Levine, who co-wrote ‘American Cars’ with Kahan, also left an angry comment adding: “You fat fuck this song isn’t for you.” The track has since been removed from the post on Instagram but it remains on a TikTok post.
The White House has yet to comment publicly on the decision to use Kahan’s song.
It comes just days after Katy Perry condemned the White House for using her song ‘Firework’ to soundtrack footage of US military strikes on Iran.
The Trump administration shared the video through the official White House TikTok account, pairing footage of military operations with Perry’s 2010 hit. It was accompanied by the caption: “Iran has been warned.”
Responding in a statement on X, Perry said she had neither been consulted nor granted permission for her music to be used.
“I am deeply appalled and angry to see ‘Firework’ used on the White House TikTok as a backing track for video footage of military strikes,” she wrote. “I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.”
