Nile Rodgers has referred to as on a far-right Switzerland political social gathering to “stop and desist” utilizing ‘We Are Household’ in a marketing campaign video.
The singer-songwriter took to social media to sentence the Swiss Folks’s Social gathering (SVP) for allegedly utilizing a “sound-alike” model of the Sister Sledge single for a political video. Rodgers initially wrote and produced the monitor.
He wrote: “I wrote ‘We Are Household’ to be the final word tune about inclusion and variety in any respect ranges, no matter race, ethnicity, age, gender, faith or sexual orientation.
“I condemn its use by the SVP (Swiss Folks’s Social gathering) or anybody else not preserving with the values of the tune and all respectable folks. The aim of the tune is to deliver pleasure to all with no exclusions! @HipgnosisSongs, @SonyMusicPub and @WarnerChappell are all working to have the SVP stop and desist their use of the tune.”
Following experiences that the proper wing SVP social gathering in Switzerland has used a #WeAreFamily sound-alike tune in a political video with out permission, #NileRodgers made the next assertion:
“I wrote ‘We Are Household’ to be the final word tune about inclusion and variety in any respect… pic.twitter.com/Twz3sCllf8
— Nile Rodgers (@nilerodgers) August 15, 2023
The SVP have but to reply to Rodgers’ claims and NME has contacted the political social gathering for remark.
It comes after Matt Damon and Ben Affleck‘s manufacturing firm lately referred to as on the Trump marketing campaign to cease utilizing footage from their current film Air.
Donald Trump posted a video on his Reality Social platform that included a monologue from the Amazon Affleck directed film through which Damon performs the Nike advertising and marketing and gross sales consultant Sonny Vaccaro.
“Cash should buy you virtually something,” Damon will be heard saying within the video as footage of Trump is proven. “It will possibly’t purchase you immortality – that you need to earn.”
A caption additionally acknowledged “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” and has a hyperlink the place supporters can donate to the marketing campaign.
In the meantime, Rodgers lately shared his concern in regards to the merging of native BBC Introducing Radio, and expressed how he thinks it should negatively impression the music trade.
