On Friday, October 3, Zach Bryan posted a snippet of an unreleased tune on his Instagram with the caption “the fading of the crimson 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 acquired a phone/Youngsters are scared and on their lonesome.”
Now Bryan’s lyrics have drawn the ire of the federal authorities—a phenomenon that’s changing into increasingly common. Earlier right this moment (October 7), Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary of public affairs for the US Division of Homeland Safety, informed TMZ that Bryan ought to “stick with ‘Pink Skies,’” referencing a tune from his 2024 album The Great American Bar Scene. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Bryan for remark.
Underneath the second Trump administration, the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement company has been conducting raids and mass deportations in cities throughout the U.S. Following the information that Bad Bunny, who’s Puerto Rican, would perform the halftime show at Tremendous Bowl LX subsequent yr, DHS adviser and President Donald J. Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign supervisor Corey Lewandowski said that ICE brokers can 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 Best Songs of 2024.”
