DHS Taunts Zach Bryan by Using His Song in a Video Glorifying ICE: ‘We’re Having an All Night Revival’

In an property wherever departments of the United States authorities seemingly prosecute successful net beef with musicians, Homeland Security is taunting Zach Bryan by utilizing 1 of his songs successful a video glorifying migration enforcement officers. 

On Tuesday (Oct. 7), the DHS shared connected Instagram a montage of heavy equipped borderline patrol agents and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers descending connected a assemblage of protesters, unleashing teardrop state and lining up radical with their hands zip-tied down their backs. The video is soundtracked by Bryan’s 2020 opus “Revival.”

“We’re Having an All Night Revival,” the section wrote successful the caption, quoting 1 of the musician’s lyrics.

Billboard has reached retired to Bryan’s rep for comment.

The pointed video is conscionable the latest improvement successful a saga that began with the state prima sharing a snippet of an unreleased opus connected Instagram connected Oct. 3. Bryan sings connected the track, “I heard the cops came/ Cocky motherf–kers, ain’t they? … And ICE is gonna travel bust down your door/ Try to physique a location nary 1 builds nary more.” 

The clip was captioned, “The fading of the reddish achromatic and blue,” seemingly indicating Bryan’s disillusionment with the existent authorities of the country. After facing backlash from the DHS and White House, however, the Grammy victor shared a connection clarifying his intent down the song.

“This shows you however divisive a communicative tin beryllium erstwhile shoved down our throats done societal media,” helium wrote Tuesday connected his Instagram Story. “This opus is astir however overmuch I emotion this state and everyone successful it much than anything. When you perceive the remainder of the song, you volition recognize the afloat discourse that hits connected some sides of the aisle.” 

“Left helping oregon close wing, we’re each 1 vertebrate and American,” helium added astatine the time. “To each those disappointed successful maine connected either broadside of immoderate you judge successful conscionable cognize I’m trying my champion excessively and we each accidental things that are misconstrued sometimes.”

The back-and-forth comes astatine a peculiarly tense clip for migrant communities successful the U.S., which person been targeted by what Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has described as “military style” ICE raids. President Donald Trump has made wide deportations a halfway portion of his 2nd term. 

“While Zach Bryan wants to Open the Gates to transgression amerciable aliens and has Condemned heroic ICE officers, Something successful the Orange tells maine a bulk of Americans disagree with him and enactment President Trump’s large American Revival,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said successful a recent statement responding to Bryan’s ICE lyrics. “Godspeed, Zach!”