Rock band Radiohead urges US ICE to take down video using its song
The Straits Times
Radiohead said the song was used without the band’s permission. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - British rock band Radiohead said on Feb 27 it wanted a promotional video for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that used their song to be taken down.
ICE, whose immigration enforcement tactics have been widely condemned by human rights advocates during US President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration crackdown, posted a video last week that used a version of Radiohead’s song “Let Down.”
“We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down. 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,” Radiohead said in a statement to media outlets.
ICE did not immediately respond to request for comment outside of business hours.
The song’s version appeared as a soundtrack to the video that showed a montage of victims of violence that ICE attributed to immigrants who are in the US illegally.
Radiohead said the song was used without the band’s permission.
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