By Michael Bartiromo, KFOR.com | Kenny Loggins isn’t a fan of President Donald Trump’s latest AI video. Loggins, a musician well known for songs including “I’m Alright,” “This Is It” and “Footloose,” issued a public response on Monday after Trump posted an AI-generated video that used snippets of his hit song “Danger Zone.” The AI video, which Trump shared to Truth Social on Saturday night, showed the president operating a fighter jet while dumping what appeared to be feces on “No Kings” demonstrators.
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From Kenny Loggins Facebook page:
Late Saturday, Oct. 18, President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video on his Truth Social account that portrayed him dumping brown sludge on a crowd of protesters while wearing a crown and flying overhead in a jet labeled “King Trump.” The music accompanying the video clip was Kenny Loggins’ hit recording “Danger Zone,” from the 1986 motion picture Top Gun (it was also used in the 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick).
In response, Kenny Loggins has issued the following statement: “This is an unauthorized use of my performance of ‘Danger Zone.’ Nobody asked me for my permission, which I would have denied, and I request that my recording on this video is removed immediately.”
He continues, “I can’t imagine why anybody would want their music used or associated with something created with the sole purpose of dividing us. Too many people are trying to tear us apart, and we need to find new ways to come together. We’re all Americans, and we’re all patriotic. There is no ‘us and them’ – that’s not who we are, nor is it what we should be. It’s all of us. We’re in this together, and it is my hope that we can embrace music as a way of celebrating and uniting each and every one of us.”
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White House Shares Trolling Response After Kenny Loggins Demands Removal of Unauthorized Use of ‘Danger Zone’
By Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly
The White House has shared a trolling response in regards to Kenny Loggins demanding the removal of the unauthorized use of his song “Danger Zone” in President Donald Trump’s A.I.-generated video dumping what appears to be poop on protestors.
When Entertainment Weekly contacted the White House with a request for comment about Loggins’ statement, an official representative sent the Top Gun meme in an email:
Trump posted a video on his Truth Social account on Saturday that showed him wearing a crown and flying in a jet labeled “King Trump” that was dumping a brown substance appearing to be feces on a crowd of protestors. The video used Loggins’ hit song “Danger Zone,” from 1986’s Top Gun (as well as the 2022 sequel Top Gun: Maverick).
The timing of the video coincided with the sweeping nationwide No Kings protests taking place on Saturday, with nearly seven million people showing up to peacefully march against the Trump administration’s policies.
On Monday, Loggins demanded Trump’s video be removed from the internet.
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Loggins is just the latest in a long line of musicians to call out Trump for using songs without approval. Beyoncé, Celine Dion, Foo Fighters, Sinéad O’Connor’s estate, Pharrell, Johnny Marr of the Smiths, Adele, Guns N’ Roses, Aerosmith, Neil Young, Rihanna, Ozzy Osbourne, Nickelback, Linkin Park, the Rolling Stones, Panic! at the Disco, Queen, R.E.M, and the estates and families of Tom Petty, Laura Branigan, Prince, and George Harrison have all publicly slammed Trump for the unauthorized use of songs.
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