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Trump campaign deletes Freedom video after Beyoncé blocks use of song
Freedom, the central song in the Kamala Harris campaign, appeared in a Trump campaign video but was contested by singer’s label and publisher
Tim Walz meanwhile left the stage at the DNC to the sound of Rockin’ in the Free World, Neil Young’s savagely ironic 1989 track that painted a US riven by homelessness and drug addiction. Young vociferously opposed the use on numerous occasions, including in an open letter to Trump in 2020 that read: “Every time […] one of my songs is played at one of your rallies, I hope you hear my voice. Earlier this month they were joined by the family of the late Isaac Hayes, who filed a lawsuit alleging that Trump “wilfully and brazenly engaged in copyright infringement” by using the Hayes-penned Sam and Dave hit Hold on, I’m Comin’.
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