Zach Bryan has appeared to condemn ICE in a new snippet of an unreleased song that he's shared on social media.
The track is reported to be called 'Bad News', and sees the singer-songwriter reflectively take aim at himself before turning to the current state of America and "the fading of the red, white and blue".
Bryan sings at the beginning of the snippet, "Didn't wake up dead or in jail, Some out-of-town boys been giving us hell, I got some bad news, woke up missing you, My friends are all degenerates but they're all I've got, Generational talent of dropping the plot, Hope the cops came, cocky motherfuckers ain't they."
Then, on the second verse, he laments, "And ICE is gonna come, bust down your door, Try to build a house no one builds no more, But I got a telephone, Kids are all scared and all alone, The Boss stopped bumping, the rock stopped rolling, The middle fingers rising and it won't stop showing, I got some bad news, The fading of the red, white and blue."
The Oklahoman native does have a habit of sharing snippets of unreleased songs with fans on socials long before they are born into the world, and he's yet to clarify when or if 'Bad News' will be made available.
Bryan, who served in the US Navy until 2021, hasn't outwardly been political in his career so far with his songwriting. Notably, he did stand up for the transgender community following the backlash Bud Light received for including Dylan Mulvaney in an advertising campaign in 2023.
He wrote on X in response to country singer Travis Tritt, who had attacked Bud Light and Mulvaney, "I just think insulting transgender people is completely wrong because we live in a country where we can all just be who we want to be It's a great day to be alive I thought."
The singer-songwriter recently wrapped up his Quittin' Time tour, which saw him play three shows at Fairview Park in Dublin and two headline dates at BST Hyde Park in London. Last month, he took to Michigan Stadium, also known as the Big House, in Ann Arbor, to play the biggest ticketed event in North American history.