Linkin Park sends Trump a cease & desist for using their song in a campaign ad

[rebeljean]

Linkin Park did not and does not endorse Trump, nor authorize his organization to use any of our music. A cease and desist has been issued.
- LINKIN PARK (@linkinpark) July 19, 2020
The song “In the End” was featured in the background of the video, which included images of Trump and excerpts from his inauguration speech. Twitter removed the video

Comments

[willardwright]

The theft is nothing unusual for him, but...

...he used "In the End" in his own advert? An advert about himself? Did his entire team just not hear the lyrics?

[wowsolovely]

For real the only lyrics I remember is “it doesn’t even matter” like this is your choice?

[willardwright]

The chorus goes:

"I've tried so hard
and got so far
But in the end
It doesn't even matter

I had to fall
To lose it all
But in the end
It doesn't even matter..."

And there's also this, for example:

"Wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside
And even though I tried, it all fell apart"

Like... well, it's certainly accurate (except for the part about trying hard), but it's hardly a victory anthem.

[lady_rosier]

It's always surprising what emotions people connect with songs. I heard the Leonard Cohen version of Hallelujah at both a wedding and a funeral, lyrically it doesn't fit either occasion and is bordering hard on the inappropriate side for a wedding tbh.

[therearewords]

Of course they don't.

[xpirate_queenx]

lmao RIGHT

I started cackling because it's that song like jfc how stupid are these people don't answer that