{"id":2326039,"date":"2026-03-13T06:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2326039"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:58:35","slug":"neil-young-channels-anger-at-worst-president-into-eight-new-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/neil-young-channels-anger-at-worst-president-into-eight-new-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young channels anger at &#8220;Worst President&#8221; into Eight New Songs &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>I wonder who he could mean.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Folk rock legend <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Neil Young gives all of Greenland free access to his music catalogue\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/neil-young-greenland-free-access-music-catalogue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil Young<\/a> is transforming political despair into artistic expression, announcing he\u2019s recording a new album with his band, Chrome Hearts, as a direct response to what he calls the \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The President\u2019s \u2018Number One Fan\u2019 \u2013 Nicki Minaj cozies up to Donald Trump at conference\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/nicki-minaj-trump-support-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worst president<\/a>\u201d in U.S. history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking to his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/neilyoungarchives.com\/news\/1\/article?id=A%20Message%20from%20Neil%203-9-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archives website<\/a>, the 80-year-old musician didn\u2019t hold back, describing the current political climate as \u201csad and depressing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am so hurt for this country,\u201d Young wrote, likening the administration to a \u201cbad TV show produced by DJT.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than succumb to the gloom, Young is channelling that energy into the studio. \u201cMusic is,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neil Young Talks About How the Media Divides the U.S.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CYYDtLdz1_c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With eight new tracks already laid down, the album serves as a cathartic refuge from the daily news cycle.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This project follows a series of recent political acts from the singer, including a boycott of Trump-supporting companies, gifting his catalogue to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Bj\u00f6rk warns Greenland of American threat\" href=\"https:\/\/happymag.tv\/bjork-warns-greenland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greenland<\/a>, and cancelling a tour to focus on his mental health and creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '709400348429047');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1202846161482324');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/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 happymag.tv \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wonder who he could mean. 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