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Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security<\/a> have heard the teasers for Zach Bryan<\/a>\u2018s upcoming single. They aren\u2019t fans.<\/p>\n The country superstar of recent vintage rode unvarnished YouTube uploads to virality and eventual chart success. Despite breaking big with 2022\u2019s \u201cAmerican Heartbreak,\u201d Bryan\u2019s maintained a remarkably straightforward style. He shared a snippet of a new song (that appeared to be recorded from his phone) to Instagram late last week with the caption \u201cthe fading of the red, white and blue.\u201d The lyrics in the teaser center around Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> raids and general American malaise, noting that nothing\u2019s getting built in a country where people are too afraid to go outside.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd ICE is gonna come bust down your door\/Try to build a house no one builds no more\/But I got a telephone\/Kids are all scared and all alone,\u201d Bryan sings.<\/p>\n The direct call-out of ICE caught the attention of Trump Cabinet members. Speaking to conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, DHS head Kristi Noem<\/a> called the snippet \u201cdisrespectful\u201d to law enforcement and the country as a whole. Noem accused the singer and Navy veteran of badmouthing \u201cevery single individual that has ever stood up and fought for our freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cZach, I didn\u2019t listen to your music. I\u2019m happy about that today. Today, that makes me very happy that I never once gave you a single penny to enrich your lifestyle,\u201d she said, before naming notable conservative country music stars. \u201cI am going to go out and probably download some Jason Aldean<\/a>, John Rich, Kid Rock<\/a>, and Jon Pardi songs.\u201d<\/p>\n Seeing the outrage from the administration and online conservatives, Bryan shared that his song had been \u201cmisconstrued.\u201d He said that the full song paints a more complete picture of a confused United States and calls for people to come together.<\/p>\n \u201cThis shows how divisive a narrative can be when shoved down our throats by social media,\u201d he wrote on Instagram. \u201cWhen you hear the rest of the song, you will understand the full context.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI served this country, I love this country, and the song itself is about all of us coming out of this divided space,\u201d he continued. \u201cLeft-wing or right-wing, we are all one bird.\u201d<\/p>\n The post \u201cDisrespectful\u201d: Zach Bryan\u2019s ICE-critical teaser ruffles feathers in the Trump administration<\/a> appeared first on Salon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security have heard the teasers for Zach Bryan\u2018s upcoming single. 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