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highplainsdem

(58,491 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:08 PM 4 hrs ago

MAGA turns on country star Zach Bryan over teaser for new song mentioning ICE

Source: Independent

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“Didn’t wake up, dead or in jail / Some out of town boys been given a cell / I’ve got some bad news, woke up missing you / My friends are all degenerates but they’re all I got,” Bryan sings.

“The generational story of dropping the plot / I heard the cops came, cocky motherf***ers ain’t they? / And ICE is gonna come bust down your door / Try to build a house, no bills no more, well I got a telephone / Kids are all scared and all alone,” he continues.

“The Boss stopped bumping, the rock stopped rolling / The middle fingers rising and it won’t stop showing / Got some bad news / The fading of the red, white and blue.”

The Grammy-winning artist’s song has struck a nerve with conservatives, who are outraged by his condemnation of ICE agents deployed under the Trump administration to deport undocumented immigrants.

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Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/news/zach-bryan-maga-new-song-ice-b2840444.html



Good for him.

His Instagram post with the song snippet is embedded in the article.

Direct link to it: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPWkQ4CEcNp/

The title is apparently "The Fading of the Red White and Blue."
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MAGA turns on country star Zach Bryan over teaser for new song mentioning ICE (Original Post) highplainsdem 4 hrs ago OP
Art with integrity cant help but reveal truth. johnnyfins 4 hrs ago #1
Country music at a crossroads? BaronChocula 2 hrs ago #2
He just played the largest ticketed show in town ybbor 2 hrs ago #3

BaronChocula

(3,478 posts)
2. Country music at a crossroads?
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:13 PM
2 hrs ago

Cheers to the true rebels of the genre who don't go along to get along with the confederate flag wavers and slur slingers.

I was happy to see Garth and Trisha pay tribute to President Carter at his funeral.

And cheers to the women of Country who call out the racist men in the industry. In troubled times it's good to see some ally-ship in all corners.

ybbor

(1,682 posts)
3. He just played the largest ticketed show in town
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 11:21 PM
2 hrs ago

I didn’t go, kid did and most friends but didn’t know really who he was at all. Knew John Mayer, and Ryan Bingham, but not headliner or another country group. This makes me happy. He brought over 100k to the show, and probably 125-150 to town. I went kayaking.

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