Kim Gordon – Bye Bye 25!
Today, Kim Gordon released “BYE BYE 25!”, a remake of “BYE BYE” from her critically acclaimed second solo album, The Collective. Proceeds from the sale of “BYE BYE 25!”, both song and t-shirt, will be donated to reproductive rights nonprofit NOISE FOR NOW. Both “BYE BYE” and The Collective were nominated for GRAMMYs at the 2025 ceremony.
Of the “BYE BYE 25!,” Gordon says:
(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.
The song is accompanied by a video directed by Vice Cooler and Kim Gordon.
Trump has used the term “cancel culture” not only as a political talking point but also as a dog whistle while weaponizing the term to signal support for white grievance politics, traditional gender roles, anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment and hostility toward racial justice movements – without always saying those things outright.
Some of the words Gordon speaks in “BYE BYE 25!” that have begun to disappear under Trump’s agenda include:
ADVOCATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
FEMALE
HISPANIC
IMMIGRANTS
INTERSEX
MALE-DOMINATED
MENTAL HEALTH
NON-CONFORMING
TRAUMA
UTERUS
VICTIM
WOMEN
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.
NOISE FOR NOW enables artists and entertainers to connect with and financially support grassroots organizations that work in the field of Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice. Reproductive health care services, including access to legal abortion, are under attack.
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