Singer-songwriter John Ondrasik’s recently released music video for his song “Blood on My Hands” was removed by YouTube but was reinstated sometime later after he posted a statement on Twitter.
“I have just received notification that @YouTube has taken down the Blood on My Hands – White House Docu-Music video.” pic.twitter.com/SIFy13ftE4
— John Ondrasik (@johnondrasik) January 7, 2022
The song and video were scathing rebukes of President Joe Biden and the botched Afghanistan pull-out that left Americans and allies stranded as the Taliban took over. Despite putting a very clear content warning at the front of his video in which he made it clear that the content wasn’t suited for all audiences, the Google-owned platform still struck it down. When Ondrasik took to Twitter to complain, the Team YouTube account announced that they were reviewing what had occurred.
Two hours later, they popped back up to let the songwriter know that the video had been reinstated, and called its initial removal a “mistake.”
Following up: this was our mistake & we’ve reinstated your video. So sorry this happened and thanks for being patient while we worked this out. 🙏
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) January 7, 2022
BizPac Review previously reported on the video’s release and the splash it made specifically among veterans. In an interview, Ondrasik admits that he drew inspiration from the late Andrew Breitbart while composing the song.
“[Andrew Breitbart] just kind of wanted to the right thing, and if he saw people kind of getting canceled or slammed — even back then — for doing the right thing, he would stand up to them, and it’s similar with this song,” he said.
“He’s a big part of this. He’s a big part of my inspiration to do this.”
On his website, Ondrasik described the video as a “call to action” to “demand accountability” for the calamitous Afghanistan withdrawal that allowed a terror organization to take over the government when officials dismissed that possibility out of hand.
“This music video is not a ‘yesteryear’ documentary. Contrarily, it is call to action in the days, months, and years ahead to demand accountability where there has been none, to fiercely fight for Afghan women and children facing the greatest human rights setback of our generation, to support freedom of expression for artists in hiding, and to recognize and assist the heroic organizations rescuing American Citizens, SIV Holders, and Afghan allies still, to this day, abandoned to Taliban atrocity,” he wrote.
Grammy-nominated singer films scathing rebuke to Afghan disaster outside WH: ‘Blood On My Hands’ https://t.co/u07UwLGFzF
— BPR (@BIZPACReview) January 5, 2022
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