Kim Gordon has shared a reworked model of “Bye Bye,” the lead single from 2024’s The Collective, that’s now a protest music in opposition to President Donald J. Trump. The brand new model, dubbed “Bye Bye 25!,” swaps the unique lyrics—Gordon’s packing checklist for a visit—for phrases that the present administration has flagged and used to cancel grant initiatives, analysis proposals, and extra. Try the music’s music video, co-directed by Gordon and Vice Cooler, beneath.
“[Producer and collaborator] Justin Raisen had this concept to redo ‘Bye Bye’ beginning on the finish of the music,” defined Gordon. “Once I was pondering of lyric concepts, it occurred to me to make use of phrases taken from a website that had all of the phrases that Trump has basically banned, that means any grant or piece of a challenge or proposal for analysis that features any of these phrases can be instantly disregarded or ‘cancelled.’ I suppose Trump does imagine in cancel tradition, as a result of he’s actually attempting to cancel tradition.”
The brand new monitor arrives forward of the “No Kings” protests which can be anticipated to occur nationwide on Saturday, June 14. Proceeds from the sale of each “Bye Bye 25!” and its promotional T-shirt will likely be donated to reproductive rights nonprofit Noise for Now. Among the many phrases rattled off within the music are “feminine,” “local weather change,” “Hispanic,” “ladies,” “psychological well being,” and “immigrants.” Organizations which were affected up to now by the president’s administrative orders and insurance policies embody the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC), Division of Well being and Human Providers (HHS), Nationwide Science Basis (NSF), and NASA, amongst others.
Each “Bye Bye” and The Collective had been nominated for Grammy Awards on the 2025 ceremony. These nods marked the primary time Gordon was ever within the operating for a Grammy, as neither she nor Sonic Youth had been ever nominated prior. Late final yr, The Collective bought a digital deluxe version, that includes the extra tracks: “ECRP” and “Bangin’ on the Freeway.”
Examine The Collective at No. 10 in “The 50 Finest Albums of 2024.”
