Taylor Swift’s Music Disappears From White House TikTok Amid Trump Feud

Taylor Swift’s music has vanished from another White House TikTok account, extending an ongoing social media tug-of-war between the pop superstar and President Donald Trump’s digital operation. According to Rolling Stone and subsequent platform observations, the latest removal involved the 2021 track “I Bet You Think About Me,” which disappeared from an official White House video within hours of its publication. Neither Swift nor her representatives have publicly confirmed who initiated the removal, leaving the exact technical mechanism behind the restriction unverified.

The White House TikTok and the Disappearance of ‘I Bet You Think About Me’

On Wednesday, the White House published a TikTok featuring a montage of President Donald Trump interacting with supporters. The video used Swift’s track “I Bet You Think About Me” as background music, accompanied by the on-screen caption, “We know you think about us,” which directly referenced the song’s lyrics. Within hours, viewers attempting to play the audio encountered an on-screen notice reading, “This sound isn’t available.”

Because the track remained fully accessible across other videos on TikTok, digital media observers noted that the disappearance was isolated to that specific White House post rather than a global platform takedown. Social media users flooded the comments before the audio vanished, with one writing, “The silence is LOUD,” and another pointing out that the sound was removed in under four hours.

Earlier Soundtracked Posts: ‘August’ and ‘Red’ Parodies

The recent incident follows a similar removal involving Team Trump’s TikTok account. Days earlier, the campaign published a video featuring Trump and First Lady Melania Trump watching fireworks, overlaid with text reading, “Mood because it’s August and Donald Trump is your president.”

That post utilized Swift’s song “August” from her 2020 album Folklore. The account’s caption directly addressed the singer, stating, “I’m sure @Taylor Swift is going to be super excited we used her song!” accompanied by the hashtags #taylorswift, #maga, and #august. By Friday night, that soundtrack had also vanished, replaced by a TikTok copyright notice stating, “The copyright owner hasn’t made this sound available in your country.” While some reports attributed the restriction directly to Swift, the automated notice did not identify who requested the copyright block or confirm whether the singer intervened personally.

Team Trump subsequently responded with a parody post utilizing the title track from Swift’s 2012 album Red. That video featured altered album artwork replacing Swift with Trump wearing a red Make America Great Again cap, alongside a faux playlist titled Red (Donald Trump’s Version) and the caption, “Did you know Taylor Swift wrote a whole album about the color of the Republican Party.” By Saturday afternoon, the Red audio had also been removed from the account.

Political Friction and Catalog Ownership

The digital standoff arrives against a backdrop of prolonged public friction between Swift and Trump. During the 2024 presidential election, Swift publicly endorsed Kamala Harris. In response, Trump posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” on Truth Social, later claiming the singer was “no longer ‘HOT.’” Swift had previously criticized Trump during the 2020 election cycle, writing that he was “well aware we do not want him as our president.”

The social media disputes also coincide with a major milestone in Swift’s professional career. In May 2025, Swift announced that she had acquired the original master recordings of her first six albums, bringing a publicized, six-year ownership battle to an end. Through a transaction with Shamrock Capital, Swift secured ownership of her master recordings, music videos, concert films, unreleased tracks, and album art.

“All of the music I’ve ever made… now belongs to me,” Swift shared in a statement on her official website, expressing gratitude to Shamrock Capital for recognizing the profound personal significance of her life’s work. While the acquisition gives Swift ownership of the master recordings alongside the publishing rights she already controlled as a songwriter, neither her camp nor platform representatives have detailed how individual copyright restrictions are managed on short-form video applications.