As we know by now, the Trump administration’s grasp of popular music is literal at best, nauseating at worst, and confusing always. After a summer of President Trump dancing to “YMCA”—but not doing ...

The band Semisonic made clear Monday that it did not "authorize or condone" a White House video using their song "Closing Time." The official White House and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) X ...

The rock group Semisonic is objecting to the use of their song "Closing Time" in a White House video on deportations that was posted to the Trump administration’s social media accounts. Semisonic said ...

Back in March 1998, the rock band Semisonic released their hit song “Closing Time.” Unknown at the time, but the song would go on to become a classic hit for the band. It reached No. 1 on the ...

The post Semisonic Condemn White House’s Use of “Closing Time” in Deportation Video: “We Did Not Authorize or Condone” appeared first on Consequence. In a truly gross video posted by the White House’s ...

On Monday morning, the White House shared 17 seconds of propaganda in which Border Patrol agents appear to arrest an undocumented immigrant. The video is soundtracked by Semisonic's "Closing Time," ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in ...

Semisonic‘s biggest hit may have been used in a recent White House video glorifying the deportation of undocumented immigrants, but that doesn’t mean the band approved of it. After the Donald Trump ...