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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAriana Grande’s ‘Eternal Sunshine’ tour begins in Oakland<\/p>\n
Ariana Grande is back onstage with the launch of her “Eternal Sunshine” tour. The star kicked things off in Oakland, Calif. on June 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Ariana Grande<\/a> does not want President Donald Trump’s<\/a> White House to use her music to promote its policies.<\/p>\n “Please do not ever use my music in relation to this barbaric, inhumane, heinous nonsense,” Grande commented under a June 9 video posted by the White House<\/a> on TikTok highlighting its immigration enforcement policy. The video, which depicts federal agents arresting and handcuffing people, features the Grammy Award-winning singer’s 2024 song “Bye,” according to reports by Reuters<\/a> and The Guardian<\/a>.<\/p>\n The audio and Grande’s comment have since been removed.<\/p>\n While a rep for Grande offered no information on the development, Reuters, quoting a source close to the singer, reported Grande’s team was looking into how to remove the music from the video as soon as possible.<\/p>\n White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson, meanwhile, in a statement to USA TODAY on June 12, said, “We\u2019ll say this one last time: what\u2019s actually barbaric, inhumane, and heinous are the criminal illegal aliens who have injured and murdered innocent American citizens.”<\/p>\n This is not the first time\u00a0Grande<\/a>, 32, who recently kicked off her\u00a0Eternal Sunshine Tour<\/a>, has been critical of Trump and his administration. Last year, the Oscar-nominated actress, in an Instagram story<\/a>, had asked people who voted for Trump if their lives had gotten better since he returned to office<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trump, now in his second non-consecutive term, has an active social media presence with his communications team frequently posting short videos featuring popular songs<\/a> to illustrate the president’s efforts to deliver on his campaign promises.<\/p>\n When asked by Variety<\/a> about the use of music by Taylor Swift in a November 2025 video<\/a>, the White House replied: \u201cWe made this video because we knew fake news media brands like Variety would breathlessly amplify them. Congrats, you got played.\u201d Swift did not respond to the use of her music.<\/p>\nGrande has been critical of Trump<\/h2>\n