{"id":32190,"date":"2026-08-08T09:49:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32190"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:49:06","slug":"taylor-swift-blocks-trump-from-using-her-music-on-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32190","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Blocks Trump from Using Her Music on TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-id=\"1616801\" data-title=\"Taylor Swift Blocks Trump from Using Her Music on TikTok\" data-url=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/08\/taylor-swift-blocks-trump-using-music-tiktok\/\" data-page=\"1\" data-pages=\"1\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/artist\/taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift<\/a> has moved to block Donald Trump from using her music on TikTok, disabling the audio on a recent \u201cTeam Trump\u201d post that featured her song \u201caugust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the White House\u2019s TikTok account shared a post soundtracked by Swift\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d though Swift did not take action against that post.<\/p>\n<p>The latest post from Team Trump all but dared Swift to take action, with a caption that read, \u201cI\u2019m sure @TaylorSwift is going to be super excited we used her song!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Consequence<\/em> has reached out to Swift\u2019s representatives for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Swift <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2024\/09\/taylor-swift-endorses-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed<\/a> Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 presidential election, citing in part Trump\u2019s previous use of AI-generated images that <a href=\"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2024\/08\/donald-trump-claims-taylor-swifts-endorsement-garbage-ai-posts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">falsely<\/a> suggested she supported him.<\/p>\n<p>While numerous artists have denounced Trump\u2019s use of their music in social media posts, they often have limited recourse because the relevant rights are divided among record labels, publishers, and other rights holders that may have existing licensing agreements with social\u00a0platforms. Swift, however, controls the rights to her masters and publishing, giving her greater ability to have her music removed from platforms or restrict how it is used.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@teamtrump\/video\/7669818901139574029\" data-video-id=\"7669818901139574029\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@teamtrump\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@teamtrump?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@teamtrump<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Related Video<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song! <a title=\"taylorswift\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/taylorswift?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#taylorswift<\/a> <a title=\"maga\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/maga?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#maga<\/a> <a title=\"august\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/august?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#august<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c som original - \u2e06\u2e09  \u0f7c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/som-original-7397954147541027590?refer=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u266c som original \u2013 \u2e06\u2e09  \u0f7c<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=1;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('init', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('set','agent','tmgoogletagmanager', '1753966171496536');\n\t\tfbq('track', \"PageView\");\n\t<\/script><script defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v7.0&#038;appId=434175690014\" nonce=\"6gwmbCtM\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Swift has moved to block Donald Trump from using her music on TikTok, disabling the audio on a recent \u201cTeam Trump\u201d post that featured her song \u201caugust.\u201d Earlier this year, the White House\u2019s TikTok account shared a post soundtracked by Swift\u2019s \u201cThe Fate of Ophelia,\u201d though Swift did not take action against that post&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Taylor-Swift-Trump.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsweek-trending"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}