On Friday, October 3, Zach Bryan posted a snippet of an unreleased tune on his Instagram with the caption “the fading of the purple white and blue.” “I heard the cops got here/Cocky motherfuckers, ain’t they?”, Bryan sings on the observe, which in response to Stereogum is titled “Unhealthy Information.” “And ICE is gonna come bust down your door/Attempt to construct a home that nobody builds no extra/However I bought a phone/Children are scared and on their lonesome.”
Now Bryan’s lyrics have drawn the ire of the federal authorities—a phenomenon that’s turning into more and more frequent. Earlier in the present day (October 7), Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of public affairs for america Division of Homeland Safety, informed TMZ that Bryan ought to “keep on with ‘Pink Skies,’” referencing a tune from his 2024 album The Nice American Bar Scene. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Bryan for remark.
Beneath the second Trump administration, america Immigrations and Customs Enforcement company has been conducting raids and mass deportations in cities throughout the U.S. Following the information that Unhealthy Bunny, who’s Puerto Rican, would carry out the halftime present at Tremendous Bowl LX subsequent 12 months, DHS adviser and President Donald J. Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign supervisor Corey Lewandowski stated that ICE brokers could be current on the occasion.
Revisit Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column “How ICE Raids Have Impacted Texas Rapper HOODLUM’s Hometown,” and examine Zach Bryan’s “Pink Skies” at No. 79 on “The 100 Greatest Songs of 2024.”
