Radiohead demand ICE take down video featuring their music

Radiohead have condemned U.S Immigartion and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for using a choral rendition of their track ‘Let Down’ in a video posted to social media.

"We demand that the amateur in control of the ICE social media account take it down," said the band. "It ain't funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don't get to appropriate it without a fight. Also, go fuck yourselves..."

The video, with the track from the group's 1997 album Ok Computer playing in the background, displays images of individuals, insinuating that they have been harmed in some way by immigrants.

"Thousands of American families have been torn apart because of criminal illegal alien violence," ICE captioned the video. "American citizens raped and murdered by those who have no right to be in our country. This is who we fight for. This is our why."

This is not the first time an artist has criticised ICE for using their music without their consent.

Last December, The trump Administration used Sabrina Carpenter's ‘Juno’ in a video promoting ICE's raids.

"This video is evil and disgusting, wrote Carpenter. "Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda."

Last year, ICE also used Olivia Rodrigo's ‘all-american bitch’ in a clip encouraging undocumented immigrants to self-deport.

"Don't ever use my songs to promote your racist, hateful propaganda," wrote Rodrigo.

Elsewhere, Radiohead's lead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and American filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson requested that their music from the 2017 film Phantom Thread be removed from the Melania Trump documentary.

However, Marc Beckman, who produced the documentary, has insisted that the music would remain in the film.