Folk-pop singer Noah Kahan and his co-writer Noah Levine have demanded that the White House stop using their song "American Cars" after President Donald Trump posted a social media video, promoting General Motors, set to the track on Monday. The dispute matters because it highlights an escalating pattern of musicians objecting to their work being used in official White House and administration content without permission, raising questions about artists' control over their music in politically charged contexts.

Kahan and Levine are the latest in a growing line of musicians to push back against the Trump administration's use of their songs, following a similar incident in which singer Sabrina Carpenter objected to the White House using one of her tracks in a video about US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The article does not detail whether the White House responded to Kahan's request or whether the video has been removed.