Country star Zach Bryan is desperately trying to avoid the Dixie Chicks-Bud Light treatment after releasing a preview of some brazenly anti-ICE, America-bashing new song lyrics.
Bryan, as RedState's Jim Thompson reported earlier this week, gave fans a sneak peek at a song titled "Bad News."
While only a minute-long clip, the Grammy-winning musician managed to offend right-leaning fans by portraying cops as "cocky motherf******s" and lamenting the "fading of the red, white and blue."
Bro, the red, white, and blue have rarely been as bright as they are nine months into President Trump's second term. But it was the lyrics about ICE that truly raised the ire of conservatives, which more than likely make up a good chunk of his fan base.
"ICE gonna bust down your door / Try to build a house no one builds no more / But I got a telephone / Kids are all scared and all alone."
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Now, however, it isn't just the kids who are scared. It's Bryan, as the immediate backlash left him wondering what it might mean for his career if he doesn't backpedal faster than a Russian circus bear.
In a statement released on Instagram Story, captioned "pls f***n read this," the country star says he's both "embarrassed" by and "scared" because of the reaction.
Keep in mind, this is very clearly one of those 'sorry that you were offended' half-apologies as he blames the people reacting to his idiotic lyrics, not the actual idiotic lyrics he wrote.
"This song is about how much I love this country and everyone in it more than anything. When you hear the rest of the song, you will understand the full context that hits on both sides of the aisle," Bryan wrote. "Everyone using this now as a weapon is only proving how devastatingly divided we all are. We need to find our way back."
Maybe find your own way back, Chief, by not portraying law enforcement as terrifying kids when they're actually rescuing them from their criminal parents or guardians.
"I served this country, I love this country and the song itself is about all of us coming out of this divided space," Bryan said.
"I wasn’t speaking as a politician or some greater-than-thou a**hole, just a 29-year-old man who is just as confused as everyone else," he continued. "To see how much s*** it stirred up makes me not only embarrassed but kind of scared."
"Left wing or right wing, we’re all one bird and American. To be clear, I’m on neither of these radical sides. To all those disappointed in me on either side of whatever you believe in, just know I’m trying my best too, and we all say things that are misconstrued sometimes."
🚨NEW — Country artist Zach Bryan has released a statement addressing criticisms of lyrics from an unreleased song of his portraying anti-ICE themes:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) October 7, 2025
“pls f**kn read this”
“This song is about how much I love this country and everyone in it…” pic.twitter.com/4MvdmdxCLq
To his point, Bryan was in the Navy, having served tours in Bahrain and Djibouti before receiving an honorable discharge to pursue his musical career. During last year's devastating tornadoes in Nebraska, he quietly and without much media fanfare started helping clean up the area. He has his good moments.
And who knows, maybe the song ends up giving a verse written from a pro-ICE standpoint to demonstrate the division he claims is embodied in his lyrics. Maybe that's the unreleased portion of the song.
But let's not hide behind claims that the lyrics that were released were simply being misconstrued. Not when you have a history of talking smack to those cops during an arrest for obstruction in 2023. Not when you warned fans against "insulting transgender people" during the height of the Bud Light controversy. And not when you scolded them for using expletives to insult Joe Biden.
“I told people if I heard it, I would stop it immediately,” Bryan told the New York Times. “Don’t come to my shows and start it."
You couldn't drop an f-bomb towards Biden at his shows, but now Bryan will be singing about cops who are "cocky motherf*****s" to the crowd.
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