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Key Points Neil Young released a new video “as time explodes” on YouTube, which criticizes Trump and tech billionaires. He previously spoke out against Trump’s moves and sued him for using his music at rallies. Young also pulled his music catalog from Amazon Music and urged fans to boycott the company and other corporations. Neil Young took a bold stance against President Donald Trump and the actions of his administration. The folk rock icon, 79, shared a video on YouTube titled “as time explodes,” and showed a compilation of clips that criticized the president and tech billionaires, while he used the instrumentals from his Crazy Horse track “Be the Rain.” Some of the clips from the video included the efforts to tear down the east wing at the White House during the government shutdown, a clip with a banner that read “the 1% ruins the world,” tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg at the Presidential inauguration back in January and clips from the No Kings protest from October. He also included a post from X (formerly known as Twitter) that read “The oligarchs gather & so starts the looting of America.” Neil Young’s stance against President Trump Young’s “as time explodes” video is just one of the latest moves he’s made to publicly speak out and stand against President Trump and his actions. The Canadian-American singer previously sued him for using his songs at his rallies and called him “the worst president in the history of our great country,” per The Guardian. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade’s Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 He also released the track “Big Crime,” which directly pushed back against the president and addressed the federal government’s takeover of Washington DC’s law enforcement. In the song posted to YouTube, Young sang that “There’s big crime in DC at the White House” and “no more money to the fascists, the billionaire fascists.” He even included the lyric “No more great again,” which referenced the slogan “make America great again.” Neil Young’s protest against tech billionaires Young also took a major stance against Amazon after he pulled his music catalog from Amazon Music back in October. In his official announcement, he said “FORGET AMAZON AND WHOLE FOODS. FORGET FACEBOOK,” and encouraged people to “BUY LOCAL. BUY DIRECT.”
