"This Feels Like the End of an American Dream": Musicians React to Trump Win

Win Butler, Katy Perry, Thom Yorke, Courtney Love, Neon Indian and others react to Trump’s election.

Musicians have responded to Donald Trump’s shock victory in the US presidential election. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th US president in January, after victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Artists like Thom Yorke, Mick Jagger, Courtney Love, Grizzly Bear’s Ed Droste, Disclosure, Artic Monkey’s Matt Helders, Katy Perry, ANOHNI, Janelle Monáe and others have had their say on social media. See below.

Do not sit still. Do not weep. MOVE. We are not a nation that will let HATE lead us.

— KATY PERRY (@katyperry) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/DJWindows98/status/796373777122729984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Just was watching the news… maybe they'll ask me to sing 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' at the inauguration, ha!

— Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/NeonIndian/status/796222000536711168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/disclosure/status/796204853986926592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMk4vXUAw9m/

https://twitter.com/flyinglotus/status/796200311748628480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMlZRFtgJmf/

Ashamed of you right now. Ashamed.

— Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) November 9, 2016

Fuck. This shit ✊🏾💫🌟✨ https://t.co/K1lBbphPXB pic.twitter.com/7aodSqIQD3

— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/Courtney/status/796229057729871872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

…fucking hell 😧

— ʀ⎊ᴜ ʀᴇʏɴ⎊ (@RouReynolds) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/matthelders/status/796263797027504129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Given the racism & misogyny in Trumps win, hard 2 C how Dems could have won with old Jewish guy or female academic https://t.co/Shzdm0VYGN

— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) November 9, 2016

avoidall eye contactdo not reactshoot the messengersthis is a low flying panic attacksingthesong of sixpencethatgoes https://t.co/xm8Z5l8qQm

— Thom Yorke (@thomyorke) November 9, 2016

so all you people out there saying racism, sexism, bigotry doesn't exist. It does. It always has. It had a lid on it. Now it doesn't. ✌🏾️

— DAWN (@DawnRichard) November 9, 2016

Good luck.

— St. Vincent (@st_vincent) November 9, 2016

The next four years are gonna just be a never ending loop of duck dynasty

— diplo (@diplo) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/JubileeDJ/status/796245056839708672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

For it's the end of history
It's caged and frozen still
There is no other pill to take
So swallow the one that made you ill pic.twitter.com/MNSqpQCmNi

— Rage Against The Machine ★ (@RATM) November 9, 2016

silver lining is now ur apathy can turn into grave responsibility

— ramona (@NiteJewel) November 9, 2016

“This Feels Like the End of an American Dream”: Musicians React to Trump Win

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