{"id":2075382,"date":"2025-10-07T18:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2075382"},"modified":"2025-10-07T18:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:16:32","slug":"oklahoma-country-star-zach-bryan-condemns-ice-in-teaser-for-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/oklahoma-country-star-zach-bryan-condemns-ice-in-teaser-for-new-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma country star Zach Bryan condemns ICE in teaser for new song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"86401882007\" title=\"Fans at record-setting Michigan Stadium concert break into a \" seven=\"\" nation=\"\" army=\"\" chant=\"\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/09\/28\/PDTF\/86401988007-screenshot-1.png?crop=1452,816,x371,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Fans at record-setting Michigan Stadium concert break into a &#8220;Seven Nation Army&#8221; chant<\/p>\n<p>Zach Bryan&#8217;s Ann Arbor audience breaks into a White Stripes chant between songs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Oklahoma native <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/entertainment\/2025\/08\/22\/after-bowery-zach-bryan-and-kings-of-leon-sing-were-onto-something\/85728273007\/\">Zach Bryan<\/a> seems to be taking a stand against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a teaser for his new song.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Bryan&#8217;s new song, titled &#8220;Bad News,&#8221; includes some lyrics regarding the current political climate of the nation as he laments, &#8220;I got some bad news.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The post doesn&#8217;t provide much context from the 29-year-old Oologah, Oklahoma native, but features a caption reading &#8220;Fading of the red white and blue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the audio,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zachlanebryan\/reel\/DPWkQ4CEcNp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted on Instagram<\/a>, the U.S. Navy veteran seemingly sings: &#8220;ICE is gonna come, bust down your door\/ Try to build a house no one builds no more\/ But I&#8217;ve got a telephone\/ Kids are all scared and all alone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Other lines of the song go on to say, &#8220;The bar stopped bumping\/ The rock stopped rolling\/ The middle fingers rising and it won&#8217;t stop showing,&#8221; he later sings. &#8220;I&#8217;ve got some bad news\/ The fading of the red, white and blue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>The minute-long video, which only depicts a voice recording on an iPhone, has drawn some negative attention from right-leaning fans on the platform.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Who is Zach Bryan?<\/h2>\n<p>Zach Bryan, 29, was born in Okinawa, Japan to U.S. Navy parents. He moved to Oolagah, Oklahoma, where he began writing songs as a teenager and formed his Red Dirt roots.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to serve in the U.S. Navy and, while on leave from duty, dropped his debut album &#8220;DeAnn.&#8221; Since then, Bryan has continued to become one of country music&#8217;s big names.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What has Zach Bryan said about politics before?<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/09\/22\/arts\/music\/zach-bryan-american-heartbreak.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0in 2022, Bryan described himself as a &#8220;total libertarian.&#8221; The following year, while responding to musician Travis Tritt&#8217;s vow to boycott Anheuser-Busch products over\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/2023\/04\/22\/bud-light-marketing-shake-up-following-dylan-mulvaney-controversy\/11719274002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the company&#8217;s partnership with Dylan Mulvaney<\/a>,\u00a0<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\">Bryan reportedly posted<\/a>\u00a0that &#8220;insulting transgender people is completely wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just have family transitioning and have blood to defend here,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>More than a week prior, Bryan performed what was reportedly\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/brian-mccollum\/2025\/09\/27\/zach-bryan-michigan-stadium-ann-arbor-review-photos\/86377790007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the biggest ticketed concert in U.S. history<\/a>\u00a0at Ann Arbor&#8217;s Michigan Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Over the Oct. 4 weekend, as protests over immigration enforcement intensified, a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Chicago\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/10\/05\/chicago-shooting-protests-broadview-ice\/86535431007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shot a woman<\/a>\u00a0after she and at least one other person allegedly rammed cars into vehicles carrying federal authorities.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris Jordan, USA TODAY, contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2025-10-07 15:58:22 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2025-10-07 15:58:30 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\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 www.oklahoman.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fans at record-setting Michigan Stadium concert break into a &#8220;Seven Nation Army&#8221; chant Zach Bryan&#8217;s Ann Arbor audience breaks into a White Stripes chant between songs. Oklahoma native Zach Bryan seems to be taking a stand against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a teaser for his new song. 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