Kim Gordon has shared a new version of her single “Bye Bye,” retitled “Bye Bye 25!,” featuring new lyrics made up of words banned by the current Trump administration. Originally featured on Gordon’s 2024 LP The Collective, the new version features the artist half-rapping lines like: “Mental health, electric vehicle / Gulf of Mexico / Energy conversion / Gay bird flu advocate.” It's extremely 2025.
“[Producer] Justin Raisen had this idea to redo ‘Bye Bye’ starting at the end of the song,” Gordon shared of the project. “When I was thinking of lyric ideas, it occurred to me to use words taken from a site that had all the words that Trump has essentially banned, meaning any grant or piece of a project or proposal for research that includes any of those words would be immediately disregarded or ‘cancelled.’ I guess Trump does believe in cancel culture, because he is literally trying to cancel culture.”
The music video features Gordon in black and white, showcasing her lyrics and walking through a construction area. Check that out below, and purchase the song here. Proceeds from “Bye Bye 25!”—both the single and a T-shirt inspired by it—will be donated to reproductive rights nonprofit Noise for Now.
