White House TikTok post goes silent after scathing Zara Larsson critique

A White House TikTok video celebrating ICE-led deportations went silent on Friday after singer Zara Larsson tore into the administration for using her song “Midnight Sun” in the post.

The Swedish artist took to TikTok, flashed an “L” sign with her thumb and index finger, and called the White House “losers” for borrowing a tune that celebrates the joy of Scandinavian nature to soundtrack a celebration of mass deportations.

“It’s just so f—ing uncool,” she told 12.5 million TikTok followers on Thursday. “You guys are such f—ing losers.”

By Friday morning, the video had gone silent and displayed the message: “This sound is unavailable.”

It wasn’t immediately clear whether TikTok had acted to protect Larsson’s work or the White House had muted the video. Representatives for the platform and the administration could not be immediately reached for comment on Friday.

“If you want to talk about politics and immigration politics, fine,” Larsson said. “But that’s really not what this is. This video is so dehumanizing.”

The White House video appeared to show agents arresting men, implying that they were undocumented immigrants.

Larsson said she was struck that many of the detainees appeared to be wearing neon-colored protective work clothes, the…

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