Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security have heard the teasers for Zach Bryan‘s upcoming single. They aren’t fans.

The country superstar of recent vintage rode unvarnished YouTube uploads to virality and eventual chart success. Despite breaking big with 2022’s “American Heartbreak,” Bryan’s maintained a remarkably straightforward style. He shared a snippet of a new song (that appeared to be recorded from his phone) to Instagram late last week with the caption “the fading of the red, white and blue.” The lyrics in the teaser center around Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids and general American malaise, noting that nothing’s getting built in a country where people are too afraid to go outside.

“And ICE is gonna come bust down your door/Try to build a house no one builds

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