Lorde Posts ‘Ice Out’ and Donates $204,000 From Minneapolis Merch Sales to the Immigrant Defense Network and More

Lorde has revealed that she donated her take from her merch sales in Minneapolis — totalling $204,000 — to the Minnesota Immigration Rights Action Committee and Immigrant Defense Network.

The singer is currently on her “Ultrasound World Tour” and played a pair of shows in Minneapolis on October 11-12. In her Instagram post, she announced the donation along with a picture of the words “ICE out” written on her hand.

Lorde joins a growing list of musicians speaking out against ICE and its agents’ actions in Minneapolis and the United States at large. Several artists including Justin Bieber, Billie Eilish and Kehlani wore “ICE out” pins on the red carpet at this past Sunday’s Grammy Awards, while several winners used their acceptance speeches to speak out.

Bad Bunny, who has been the subject of controversy ever since he was announced as the performer for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, used his time on the Grammy stage after winning best música urbana album to declare “ICE out.” “We’re not savage, we’re not animals, we’re not aliens,” he said. “We are humans and we are Americans. Also, I will say to people, I know it’s tough to know not to hate on these days and I was thinking sometimes, we get contaminados [contaminated], I don’t know how to say that in English. The hate gets more powerful with more hate. The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So please, we need to be different.”

Eilish made similar remarks while accepting the award for song of the year: “I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land. And, yeah, it’s just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, and I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting, and our voices really do matter, and the people matter, and fuck ICE.”