{"id":2075942,"date":"2025-10-07T23:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T23:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2075942"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T23:54:10","slug":"zach-bryan-teases-new-song-condemning-ice-raids-warns-of-the-fading-of-the-red-white-and-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/zach-bryan-teases-new-song-condemning-ice-raids-warns-of-the-fading-of-the-red-white-and-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"Zach Bryan Teases New Song Condemning ICE Raids, Warns of the &#8216;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\">On Friday, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/cmplxtara-mahadevan\/zach-bryan-apologizes-tweeting-kanye-west-better-taylor-swift\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zach Bryan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Zach Bryan<\/a> teased an unreleased song that takes aim at President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s ICE raids.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bryan, one of country music&#8217;s biggest stars, used his social media to share moments from the unreleased song (or possibly a demo recording of it). The track is believed to be titled &#8220;Bad News,&#8221; according to Entertainment Weekly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the song, Bryan warns of a &#8220;fading of the red, white, and blue&#8221; amid immigration raids occurring across the country. Earlier this month, an ICE agent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/ice-officer-allegedly-said-f-175957720.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:allegedly said &quot; f**k them kids&quot;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">allegedly said &#8221; f**k them kids&#8221;<\/a> while children were detained during a raid on a Chicago apartment building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#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; Bryan sings on the track.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. 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Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#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; the lifelong <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/bruce-springsteen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bruce Springsteen;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Bruce Springsteen<\/a> fan sings elsewhere on the song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bryan praised Trump following the assassination attempt on the then-presidential candidate last year and was also pictured with him, TIME reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Conservative country music singer John Rich criticized Bryan on X, writing: &#8220;Who&#8217;s ready for the Zach Bryan-<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dixie_Chicks_comments_on_George_W._Bush\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Dixie Chicks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Dixie Chicks<\/a> tour? Prob a huge <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qXOpUkEJdjY\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bud Light;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bud Light<\/a> sponsorship for this one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at a South Shore, Chicago apartment building devastated local families and neighbors. According to ABC7, witnesses described agents as mocking and laughing while tearing families apart.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey was terrified,\u201d said neighbor Eboni Watson. \u201cThe kids was crying. People was screaming. \u2026 I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other\u2026 What is the morality? Where\u2019s the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, \u2018 f**k them kids.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last week,\u00a0 ICE <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/ice-confirms-agents-super-bowl-172520549.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:confirmed that agents will be deployed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">confirmed that agents will be deployed<\/a> to the Super Bowl in Santa Clara after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/bad-bunny\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bad Bunny;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Bad Bunny<\/a> was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/bad-bunny-headline-2026-super-022032288.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\">announced<\/a> as the 2026 halftime performer.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Related News<\/h3>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/ice-confirms-agents-super-bowl-172520549.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Bad Bunny wearing a white shirt and a furry hat holds a can, sitting against a wooden wall.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/uxeK6w5PTXM1S2rZoThSrg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/5a4fabd2c1d59738490514cfee6fef1e\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>ICE Confirms Agents Will Be at Super Bowl After Bad Bunny Halftime Reveal<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">,<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/cmplxtara-mahadevan\/zach-bryan-apologizes-tweeting-kanye-west-better-taylor-swift\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Zach Bryan, Taylor Swift, Kanye West\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"708\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Tg10ODb5BKowRMnPXHw53g--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTcwODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/207508753f6097def0b21e6ffa44009e\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Zach Bryan Apologizes for &#8216;Drunkenly&#8217; Tweeting He Prefers Kanye West to Taylor Swift<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">,<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/trump-brings-diddy-asked-ll-213734420.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Sean Combs, Donald Trump, and Melania Trump at an event, with Combs and Trump shaking hands.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/w04ZVUI5Vt.LlM4hpIj8DQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/98cf515919d033cbb23b51d89e79d0f4\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump Brings Up Diddy When Asked If He\u2019ll Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell: \u2018Puff Daddy, He Has Asked\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><b>Related News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><b><i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/music\/articles\/ophelia-taylor-swifts-album-did-183608023.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Who Is Ophelia in Taylor Swift's New Album and How Did She Die?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Who Is Ophelia in Taylor Swift&#8217;s New Album and How Did She Die? 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