Lady Gaga took a moment during a Thursday night concert in Japan to condemn ICE’s actions in Minnesota over the past several weeks.<\/b>
\nLady Gaga took a moment during a Thursday concert in Japan to condemn ICE\u2019s actions in Minnesota over the past several weeks.
\u201cIn a couple of days, I\u2019m gonna be heading home, and my heart is aching thinking about the people, the children, the families all over America who are being mercilessly targeted by ICE,\u201d Gaga told her concert attendees. \u201cI\u2019m thinking about all of their pain and how their lives are being destroyed right in front of us.\u201d
\u201cI\u2019m also thinking about Minnesota and everyone back at home, who is living in so much fear and searching for answers on what we all should do,\u201d the \u201cAbracadabra\u201d singer continued. \u201cWhen entire communities lose their sense of safety and belonging, it breaks something in all of us. I hope that you\u2019ll all stand with us tonight. I know we\u2019re not in America right now, but we are with our community and we love you.\u201d
Gaga made her remarks before a performance of \u201cCome to Mama,\u201d a track off her album \u201cJoanne\u201d that acts as a plea to extend love and compassion to others in the midst of difficult times. She dedicated the song and performance Thursday night to \u201ceveryone who is feeling alone and helpless, anyone who\u2019s lost a loved one and is having a difficult time, an impossible time, seeing when the end will be near.\u201d
\u201cWe need to get back to a place of safety and peace and accountability. Good people shouldn\u2019t have to fight so hard and risk their lives for wellbeing and respect,\u201d Gaga urged. \u201cI hope our leaders are listening. I hope you are listening to us ask you to change the course of action swiftly and have mercy on everyone in our country.\u201d You can watch her full remarks yourself in the video below.
The \u201cA Star is Born\u201d actress is one of countless celebrities who have spoken out against the Trump administration this week, in the wake of the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two Minneapolis residents who were shot and killed by Border Patrol and ICE agents this month. In a conversation with TheWrap this week at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, WNBA star Brittney Griner called ICE\u2019s actions in Minneapolis a \u201ccrime against humanity.\u201d
Elsewhere, \u201cBorn in the U.S.A.\u201d singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen released a new song Wednesday, titled \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d which the musician said he wrote in memory of Good and Pretti. In the song, Springsteen denounces the actions of \u201cKing Trump\u2019s private army\u201d and promises, \u201cWe\u2019ll remember the names of those who died \/ On the streets of Minneapolis.\u201d
Gaga\u2019s remarks come the same day she unveiled her new rendition of \u201cWon\u2019t You Be My Neighbor?,\u201d the theme song for \u201cMister Rogers\u2019 Neighborhood.\u201d
\u201cMister Rogers was for generations a heartfelt presence for children and families all over the world,\u201d she wrote on Instagram. \u201cHis kind message lives in so many of our memories and hearts. Thank you, Mister Rogers, for your inspiring song.\u201d<\/p>\n