The latest solo single by the Rage Against The Machine guitarist is a powerful anti-ICE protest tune. “This song is written for all the families torn apart by the recent immigrant purges and kidnappings,” Morello states. “Children torn from their wailing mothers’ arms by masked government thugs, people coming home to find their loved ones abducted by the state. Folks who worked, suffered, and struggled for decades just to make a decent life for themselves and their family were violently separated with an uncertain future. ‘Pretend You Remember Me’ is for them and for all those who are finding the courage to stand up against racism, tyranny, and injustice.”
The video also features a message from the freed Native American leader and former political prisoner Leonard Peltier. The song and video “Freedom” from Rage’s landmark 1992 self-titled debut album was a call to free the then-imprisoned Peltier (his life sentence was commuted on January 19, 2025).
