Out queer singer Jess Glynne blasted the White House this week for using her song Hold My Hand in a video depicting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportations.As the BBC notes, the 2015 single went viral last summer after it was used to score an ad for British budget airline Jet2. As Glynne told Billboard last year, Hold My Hand became inescapable in the U.K. nearly a decade after its initial release. More recently, the Jet2 ad has inspired a TikTok meme, with Glynnes song soundtracking countless videos that mimic the ads POV style. Related MAGA musicians anti-pronoun song massively mocked for having pronouns This song probably hits hard if youre stupid. On Tuesday, July 29, the White House posted its own cruel version of the meme. The video, posted on X, shows ICE agents leading men, chained at the wrists and ankles, onto a Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX) flight. According to a recent ProPublica investigation, the company is the dominant player in the loose network of deportation contractors known as ICE Air. Glynnes song plays over the clip, including actress Zo Listers cheerful voiceover from the Jet2 ad.When ICE books you a one-way Jet2 holiday to deportation. Nothing beats it! the post read, echoing Listers voiceover in the original ad. Insights for the LGBTQ+ community Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. Subscribe to our Newsletter today When ICE books you a one-way Jet2 holiday to deportation. Nothing beats it! pic.twitter.com/hlLapr9QsE The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 29, 2025Several of GlobalXs civilian flight attendants, however, told ProPublica that ICE Air rules prevent them from treating detainees humanely and that they have been ill-prepared to potentially keep dozens of shackled passengers safe in the event of an emergency on one of the airlines chartered deportation flights. One flight attendant warned the outlet that its only a matter of time before disaster strikes on one of the flights.Shortly after the White House posted its clip, Glynne took to Instagram stories to voice her outrage.This post honestly makes me sick. My music is about love, unity, and spreading positivity never about division or hate, she wrote.According to Pink News, Lister weighed in as well, asking What can be done about [the White House] using [the Jet2] sound and my voiceover to promote their nasty agenda? in her own social media post.The actress also told the BBC that she would never condone the Trump administrations use of her voice to promote the president or his abhorrent policies.Glynne, who spoken publicly about dating a woman but has resisted labeling her sexuality, is just the latest artist to voice their opposition to Trumps use of their music without permission. During his 2016 campaign, Adele, R.E.M., The White Stripes, Twisted Sisters Dee Snider, Aerosmiths Steven Tyler, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John were among the acts who either demanded that the Trump campaign stop using their music or disavowed his use of their songs. The estates of Leonard Cohen, Beatles guitarist George Harrison, Sinad OConnor, Isaac Hayes, Prince, Tom Petty, and Luciano Pavarotti have all opposed Trumps use of the artists work as well.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.