Election season means that politician hopefuls are trying their best to win the public's vote. One way they can do that is to promote their campaign as much as they can. Unfortunately, if they want to use a particular material for their campaign, they would have to spend for it. In some cases, they even have to get the permission of the owner of the property. So when Adele learned that presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, has been using her music to draw in his supporters, she did not back down from having something to say to the business tycoon.
Throughout Trump's campaigning, he has been using the singer's hits to fire up his supporters. In one event, Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" track was used as a background music when Trump took the stage. More recently, the song was also played during Trump's event in Waterloo, Iowa this Monday afternoon.
When the Grammy Award-winning artist learned of this, her spokesperson commented to CNN that the singer did not give permission to anyone to use her music for political campaigning. But when pressed if Adele had already requested Trump's camp to stop using her music for his campaign, another spokesperson did not have any comment to add.
To be fair, Trump is not the only one who is using Adele's music for his campaigning. As a matter of fact, the playlist of a Republican's pre-rally included another track by the singer, "Skyfall". The same song has been licensed for use as the theme song for the James Bond movie of the same title.
Additionally, Adele is not the first or only artist to make clear that she is not associated with Trump. Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler, had previously asked the billionaire to stop using his band's "Dream On" song. Tyler even sought the help of his attorney to send Trump's camp a cease-and-desist letter, saying that the politician does not have permission to use the track for any of his campaigns. The camp has no longer used the song for any of Trump's political rallies.
If Tyler nor Adele would not step up to criticize about this illegal use of their tracks, the public could think that they are both connected or even endorsing the presidential hopeful. Meanwhile, CNN is still waiting for Trump's camp to comment on the issue.
