Representatives for Sinead O’Connor’s estate said the late Irish singer would have been “disgusted, hurt and insulted” by her version of the song. Nothing compares to 2U It is played at political rallies hosted by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
In a joint statement also signed by O’Connor’s label, Chrysalis Records, the singer’s estate demanded that Trump “immediately cease using her music.”
“It is well known that Sinéad O’Connor has lived her entire life by a fierce moral code defined by honesty, kindness, fairness and decency towards her fellow human beings,” the statement read. “We learned with great outrage that Donald Trump was using her famous performance of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ at his political rallies.
The statement continued: “It is no exaggeration to say that Sinead would have been disgusted, hurt and insulted if her work had been misrepresented in this way by someone she herself referred to as a ‘Biblical devil’.” It added: “As guardians of her legacy, we demand that Donald Trump and his associates stop using her music.” Immediately”.
Estate Sinead O’Connor is not the first to speak out against Trump’s use of music at political rallies. Artists such as Adele, Aerosmith, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Tom Petty, Prince’s estate and the Village People are among those who have objected to the former Celebrity Apprentice host playing their music.
Earlier this year, The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr condemned Trump for using his band’s 1984 tune “Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” in a post on X.
“Ah… right… okay,” Mar said. “Never in a million years would I have thought this could happen,” Marr said. “Consider this closed now.”