Spotify Won’t Stop ICE Recruitment Ads

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Consequence:

“This advertisement is part of a broad campaign the US government is running across television, streaming, and online channels,” Spotify said in a statement. “The content does not violate our advertising policies. However, users can mark any ad with a thumbs up or thumbs down to help manage their ads preferences.”

Spotify users began noticing ICE recruitment ads earlier this week offering $50,000 signing bonuses, prompting a wave of boycott calls across social media. “I get an ad and it starts with, ‘millions of dangerous illegals are rampaging the streets. Join ICE today,’” user miss.mia777 posted on TikTok. “I don’t pick up my phone while driving. I picked up my phone with a quickness and deleted the app.” On reddit, boycott threads have quickly climbed to the top of r/music.

Yellowcard Chat With Spin

Yellowcard
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Yellowcard talked with Spin:

Yellowcard’s lean years have made all the triumphs of 2025 that much more special for Key and Mackin, and they’re determined to savor this moment and deliver something special for their audience. “We are awash in social media and instant gratification and that really has, I think, unfortunately found its way into music, forcing a lot of music to be ‘content’ instead of creativity,” Key says. “And I think our generation of bands maintains writing music for ourselves and our fans, and that goes a long way.”