Beyoncé Threatens Cease-and-Desist Over Trump Campaign’s ‘Freedom’ Video

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beyonce-threatens-cease-and-desist-trump-campaign-freedom-video-1235084830/

25 Comments

  1. CouchLubricant on

    Unlike Trump’s C&D, this one is real. Time to bust out Bawitdaba again, you old sack of shit

  2. Flat-Count9193 on

    Why isn’t Trump playing only Kid Rock or Lee Greenwald songs at his rallies? They support him.

  3. Beyonce and Taylor Swift should schedule a concert together in Philadelphia’s Lincoln Field in front of 70,000 people where they endorse Harris and destroy Trump for using their music unauthorized and AI fake their political endorsement.

  4. daveydesigner on

    Was going to post some lyrics from “Daddy Lessons,” but I’m not trying to get my ass banned from /politics

  5. takesjuantogrowone on

    Headline and lede contradict the thrid graf:

    >As of press time Wednesday, the video was still up on Cheung’s X account despite her label issuing the cease-and-desist.

    C&D HAS been issued by the label.

  6. Threats whew slow down, might be a stern warning next. Trump doesn’t care and you won’t find a judge in the USA that would touch the untouchable anyway.

  7. 7-11Armageddon on

    You don’t really threaten a cease and desist, you just send it. Because a cease and desist is in and of itself a threat. It has no legally binding authority. You’d have to file in court for that.

  8. Everyone is waiting until after the election to site him at once. You better believe he’s got at least 3 lawsuits pending

  9. Puzzled_Lurker_1074 on

    Cease and desist on the like that record? What’s wrong you ain’t like that record??

  10. IdkAbtAllThat on

    Why threaten? A C&D is already just a threat. Just file it.

    Saying you threaten to send a cease and desist is like saying you’re threatening to threaten to sue. Just do it.

  11. Threatens? Just do it! I need to see Bey and Taylor out here being more vocal…I’m a little disappointed in them so far

  12. Potential-Lack-5185 on

    Yes Beyonce. Get him!! What I’ve been waiting for all along. Finally! Man now if only Taylor Swift addresses her image being misused by Trump, it would be the best week ender. Why is Taylor Swift and her publicist so silent? We need a double punch of these incredible artists calling trump out and threatening legal action in sync. Cmon swift, speak up now.

  13. Round_Potential5497 on

    I predicted this yesterday. His campaign keeps getting cease and desist letters from artists that are down with Trump and his shitty project 2025, his lies and his traitorous insurrection.

  14. Strict-Marsupial6141 on

    [Beyoncé](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/beyonce/) has threatened to send a cease-and-desist to the Trump campaign after the former president [posted a clip of her “Freedom”](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/donald-trump-spokesperson-beyonce-freedom-video-1235084470/) — Kamala Harris’ unofficial campaign song — in a video posted on social media, *Rolling Stone* has learned.

    A source close to Beyoncé tells *Rolling Stone* that the **Trump campaign did not receive permission to use the** ***Lemonade*** **track in the 13-second video** of Trump getting off a plane in Michigan that Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung posted Tuesday. 

    As of press time Wednesday, [the video was still up on Cheung’s X account](https://x.com/TheStevenCheung/status/1825948172495237263) despite her label issuing the cease-and-desist.

    On Monday, the Harris-Walz campaign [debuted a new ad soundtracked by “Freedom,”](https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/beyonce-freedom-new-kamala-harris-ad-dnc-1235083475/) with actor Jeffrey Wright providing the narration, “What kind of America do we want?” he asks.

    “One where we’re divided, angry, depressed? C’mon! We’re Americans!

    Fascism? We conquered it. The moon? Landed on it. The future? Building it. Freedom? Nobody loves it more.”

    — Yeah, he has Freedom, from the bars and from being behind bars.