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Kim Gordon reimagines "BYE BYE" with words banned by Trump administration

13 June 2025, 09:46 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

Kim Gordon has released "BYE BYE 25!" which is a remake of "BYE BYE" from her second solo album, The Collective.

"(Producer and collaborator) Justin Raisen had this idea to redo ‘Bye Bye’ starting at the end of the song. When I was thinking of lyric ideas, it occurred to me to use words taken from a site that had all the words that Trump has essentially banned, meaning any grant or piece of a project or proposal for research that includes any of those words would be immediately disregarded or “cancelled.” I guess Trump does believe in cancel culture, because he is literally trying to cancel culture," Kim Gordon explains.

Some of the words Gordon speaks in "BYE BYE 25!" that have begun to disappear under Trump’s agenda include 'advocate', 'climate change', 'female', 'mental health', 'uterus', 'victim', and 'immigrants'.

Among the organizations that have been targeted by the Administration’s policies include Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Personnel Management (OPM), National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Defense (DoD), Small Business Administration, National Cryptologic Museum and NASA.

"BYE BYE 25!" is out now. Proceeds from the sale of "BYE BYE 25!", both song and t-shirt, will be donated to NOISE FOR NOW. Visit kimaltheagordon.com for more information.

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