{"id":2073245,"date":"2025-10-06T21:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2073245"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:12:09","slug":"the-fading-of-the-red-white-and-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-fading-of-the-red-white-and-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The fading of the red, white, and blue&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Country singer-songwriter <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/zach-bryan-climbs-fence-to-fight-gavin-adcock-after-heated-argument-at-festival-11809618\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zach Bryan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Zach Bryan <\/a>teased an unreleased new song that takes aim at President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s ICE raids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The largely apolitical artist, 29, shared snippets from a track, believed to be titled &#8220;Bad News,&#8221; on Instagram that lamented the &#8220;fading of the red, white, and blue&#8221; as immigration raids continue across the country, including the most recent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7323334\/ice-raid-chicago-pritzker-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;military-style&quot; raid at a Chicago apartment building;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8220;military-style&#8221; raid at a Chicago apartment building<\/a> that included the detainment of children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In one verse, Bryan pointedly sings: &#8220;And ICE is gonna come bust down your door \/ Try to build a house no one builds no more \/ But I got a\u00a0telephone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continues, &#8220;Kids are all scared and all alone \/ The Boss stopped bumping, the rock stopped rolling \/ The middle fingers rising and it won&#8217;t stop showing \/ I got some bad news \/ The fading of the red, white, and blue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reps for the country star didn&#8217;t immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly&#8217;s request for comment about the unreleased track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bryan disabled comments on the post, likely knowing that it could be divisive among country fans. The snippet has already ruffled the feathers of country singer <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/john-rich\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:John Rich;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">John Rich<\/a>, who wrote on social media: &#8220;Who&#8217;s ready for the Zach Bryan Dixie Chicks tour?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now known as just The Chicks, the Grammy-winning country girl group was famously ostracized by the country fanbase in the early 2000s after lead singer Natalie Maines criticized then President George W. Bush and the Iraq War.\u00a0At a time when country artists were largely apolitical, the group was blacklisted by country radio stations and even faced death threats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rich then added, &#8220;Prob a huge Bud Light sponsorship for this one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rich appears to be referencing the conservative uproar over Bud Light&#8217;s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in 2023, which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/pride\/zach-bryan-condemns-insulting-transgender-people-travis-tritt-anheuser-busch-boycott-1235300454\/#:~:text=Trending%20on%20Billboard,activist%20for%20its%20latest%20campaign.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bryan defended after country stars like Travis Tritt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bryan defended after country stars like Travis Tritt<\/a> called for a boycott of the beer brand. &#8220;I just think insulting transgender people is completely wrong because we live in a country where we can all just be who we want to be,&#8221; Bryan wrote at the time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Gus Stewart\/Redferns Zach Bryan\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/ITO3hEj_rwQ9m.L1vNi1.Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/34527844a94dfe43bdebad9c1b6d7c61\"\/><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Gus Stewart\/Redferns<\/p>\n<p> Zach Bryan<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bryan most recently wrapped his Quittin Time Tour at the end of last year in support of his fourth and fifth studio albums, 2023&#8217;s Zach Bryan and 2024&#8217;s The Great American Bar Scene. The Grammy winner also dropped a live record from the tour, which features collaborations with Kacey Musgraves, The War and Treaty, Maggie Rogers, and John Mayer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/zach-bryan-teases-new-song-anti-ice-raids-11824997\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country singer-songwriter Zach Bryan teased an unreleased new song that takes aim at President Donald Trump&#8216;s ICE raids. 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