From Springsteen to Sabrina: pop stars and the fight for control

A blonde woman (Sabrina Carpenter) in a black dress is on her hands and knees while a person in a black suit pulls her hair.

Last month, a US immigration agency clipped a few seconds of Sabrina Carpenter’s pop hit Juno into a social video glorifying ICE deportations. The singer was livid. “This video is evil and disgusting,” she fired back. “Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”

The White House clapped back with a statement of its own, accusing her of defending “dangerous criminal illegal murderers” and closing with an insult about whether she was “stupid” or “slow.”