Ariana Grande warns Donald Trump 'never use my music again' after anti-trans TikTok

Scarlett O'Toole Fri, August 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM UTC

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Donald Trump was issued a warning by Ariana Grande -Credit:Reach Publishing Services Limited

Ariana Grande has issued a stern warning to Donald Trump after his team used her music in an anti-trans TikTok video.

In a clip posted on TikTok by Team Trump on Thursday, the president was shown walking toward the stage at a political rally. Overlaid text on the video read, "Me and my truth we sit in silence... men can't have babies and should never compete in women's sports."

Team Trump captioned the video, "This decision shouldn't be controversial! #trump #arianagrande #maga." The video initially featured Grande's 2024 single We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love), but the audio has since been taken down. It comes as Grande fuels romance rumors with a lyric change to one of her best-known songs.

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Grande was previously forced to take a stand against Trump using her music.

Commenting on the August 20 video, Grande wrote, "Never use my music again. Also, your truth is false." Her fans quickly rallied behind her in the comments, with one person posting, "Ariana would be so grossed out ...."

"ARI GET HIM," one fan urged, while another echoed, "I really hope she sues u." A fourth person commented, "Bro she told you already.. stop it."

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Donald Trump was center stage of the TikTok -Credit:whitehouse/TikTok

This marks the second time Grande has been forced to call out Trump. Back in June, the 33-year-old pop star warned Trump against featuring her song in an anti-ICE TikTok.

The controversy erupted when the White House included her 2024 track Bye in a TikTok video depicting ICE agents conducting arrests. In the footage, ICE agents were shown placing multiple people in handcuffs.

The video was captioned, "Bye-bye. President Trump has delivered the most secure border in history." Grande hit back, commenting, "Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense. F- ICE." Both her response and the song have since been removed from the TikTok clip.

Ariana Grande has spoken out -Credit:Getty Images for MTV

While Grande's comment was scrubbed from the TikTok video, a representative for the singer confirmed to Billboard at the time that it was genuinely Grande who posted it and mentioned it was no longer visible "for some reason."

Grande also targeted the Trump administration at the 2026 Golden Globe Awards, where the Wicked actress wore an ICE Out pin. In September 2025, Grande reposted an Instagram message criticizing Trump over ICE raids and transphobic rhetoric.

The original post was written by activist Matt Bernstein and read, "I want to check in with trump voters. I have one very genuine question. It's been 250 days. now that immigrants have been violently torn from their families and communities have been destroyed, now that trans people have been blamed for virtually everything and live in fear, now that free speech is on the brink of collapse for us all - has your life gotten better?"

During the 2024 presidential campaign, Grande threw her support behind Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. She had previously performed for Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the 2014 In Performance at the White House: Women of Soul event.

Meanwhile, Ariana broke her silence on stepping away from the limelight.

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