{"id":2075254,"date":"2025-10-07T17:02:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2075254"},"modified":"2025-10-07T17:02:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T17:02:58","slug":"zach-bryans-bad-news-snippet-teases-ice-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/zach-bryans-bad-news-snippet-teases-ice-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Bryan&#8217;s &#8216;Bad News&#8217; snippet teases ICE criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t<!-- Starts Instaread--><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<iframe title=\"Audio Article\" id=\"instaread_iframe\" name=\"instaread_playlist\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" style=\"display:block\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- Finish Instaread --><\/p>\n<p>Grammy-winning country star Zach Bryan posted a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zachlanebryan\/reel\/DPWkQ4CEcNp\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tease for his new song<\/a> \u201cBad News\u201d on Instagram, featuring lines that hint at criticism for the rise in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/5525157-los-angeles-immigration-raid-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">immigration raids<\/a> across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bryan uploaded a snippet that references Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday with the caption, \u201cthe fading of the red white and blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the clip, he sings, \u201cICE is gonna come bust down your door. Try to build a house, no one builds no more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell I got a telephone, kids are all scared and all alone. The bars start bumping, the rocks start rolling, the middle finger\u2019s rising and it won\u2019t stop showing, got some bad news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continues, \u201cThe fadin\u2019 of a red, white, and blue. The fading of a red, white and blue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old has risen to stardom after making his debut album six years ago in a Florida Airbnb rental. Although Bryan has rejected ties to the country music industry known for its conservative fan base, some of his fans have banded together under the MAGA umbrella to criticize the new song\u2019s lyrics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t know Zach was an illegal sympathizer,\u201d one user commented, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/2025\/10\/06\/zach-bryan-ice-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While a few shared outrage over the song, others commended Bryan for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/5442023-trump-challenges-los-angeles-ice-limits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">speaking out against raids<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThank you for using your talent and standing up for what\u2019s morally correct,\u201d an Instagram user said, the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the comment feature on Bryan\u2019s Instagram post is disabled.<\/p>\n<p>Bryan, a U.S. Navy veteran, has kept a relatively low political profile. However, he did make statements in 2023 condemning hate against transgender people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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,\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/pride\/zach-bryan-condemns-insulting-transgender-people-travis-tritt-anheuser-busch-boycott-1235300454\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously wrote<\/a> on his X account, which is now deleted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great day to be alive I thought,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>His upcoming song, \u201cBad News,\u201d puts those who have been subject to the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown into the spotlight before a conservative base.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>ICE has touted mass arrests, including 32,809 enforcement arrests in the first 50 days of the Trump administration, compared to a total of 33,242 arrests the prior fiscal year, according to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/03\/13\/ice-arrests-first-50-days-trump-administration#:~:text=Release%20Date:%20March%2013%2C%202025,of%20deportations%20continue%20to%20rise.\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Operations in California, Florida and Chicago have drawn national attention and pushback from protesters. Some people have reportedly been removed from their homes abruptly without warning and unclothed, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/immigration\/2025\/10\/01\/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to WBEZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the White House\u2019s push for mass deportations, National Guard soldiers have been sent to quell unrest in cities where protesters have gathered to reject the increased law enforcement presence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Illinois, Oregon and California are among the three states that have <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/regulation\/court-battles\/5526500-oregon-portland-lawsuit-trump-troops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued the Trump administration<\/a>, arguing the troop deployments were unlawful interventions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc. 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This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\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 thehill.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy-winning country star Zach Bryan posted a tease for his new song \u201cBad News\u201d on Instagram, featuring lines that hint at criticism for the rise in immigration raids across the country.\u00a0 Bryan uploaded a snippet that references Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) on Sunday with the caption, \u201cthe fading of the red white and blue.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2075255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[389546,308694,326718,306380,389547,305388,389545,336073,132814,143876],"class_list":["post-2075254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-bad-news","tag-chicago","tag-country-star","tag-ice","tag-ice-raid-critism","tag-illinois","tag-immigration-raids","tag-oregon","tag-trump-administration","tag-zach-bryan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Zach-Bryans-Bad-News-snippet-teases-ICE-criticism.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2075254"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2075256,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075254\/revisions\/2075256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2075255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2075254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2075254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2075254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}