Minneapolis Turns Into Impromptu Karaoke Bar, Protesters Take ICE Out With Song
KEY POINTS
- •Bruce Springsteen criticized 'King Trump's private army' with his new song 'Streets of Minneapolis' featuring chants against ICE.
- •Grammy-nominated Jesse Welles earned over 26.6 million TikTok likes with folk songs attacking immigration enforcement policies.
- •Professor Noriko Manabe noted a rise in protest singing at Minneapolis demonstrations, linking it to historical civil rights music.
From the National Mall's majestic echoes to the streets of Minneapolis, protestors have apparently decided yelling about ICE just wasn’t catchy enough. Enter Bruce Springsteen, throwing shade at 'King Trump's private army' with his new ballad 'Streets of Minneapolis'—a mix of shattered glass, chants, and deep civic soul-searching. Meanwhile, punk legends Dropkick Murphys and Green Day bring their standard and less-than-tiny megaphones to the cacophony, while Grammy-nominated TikTok folk singer Jesse Welles racked up 26.6 million likes trolling ICE with biting lyrics resembling Woody Guthrie’s ghost crashing your BBQ. Add a cappella groups, faith leaders singing Poor People's Campaign anthems, and whistles that scream louder than tweets, and you’ve got America’s new favorite soundtrack for resistance in 2026—because nothing says 'disruption' like perfectly pitched grievance swirling into viral TikTok chaos.
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Nothing screams 'we got a plan' like forming a protest choir singing Taylor Swift-level fire verses about ICE. If protests were Spotify playlists, this one’s going platinum in irony.
When punk rock meets broken glass and ICE chants, you know protest has officially upgraded from hashtags to bangers.
25 million TikTok likes later, Jesse Welles just proved the best way to dunk on ICE is with a folk song, not a tweet.
Source: Axios | Published: 2/2/2026 | Author: Avery Lotz
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