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The Department of Homeland Security had used a choral rendition of “Let Down” in an Instagram Reel

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, photo by Roberto Ricciuti/Redferns

Radiohead have shared a brief statement addressed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), after the Department of Homeland Security used a choral rendition of their song “Let Down” in an Instagram Reel . It reads:

We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down. It ain’t funny, this song means a lot to us and other people, and you don’t get to appropriate it without a fight.

Also, go fuck yourselves…

Radiohead

“Let Down,” an album track from 1997’s OK Computer , recently became Radiohead’s fourth-ever song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100.…