Apple iTunes appears to have backtracked on a decision to ban the Holly Valance song “Kiss Kiss my [expletive],” a tongue-in-cheek track released in conjunction with One Nation’s A Super Progressive Movie.
The conservative-leaning minor party questioned why the track had seemingly been banned from iTunes after reaching number one on the charts, while songs by convicted criminals like Sean Combs (better known as P. Diddy) were still available.
Valance’s track is a reworking of her early 2000s piece, Kiss Kiss, and features in One Nation’s film, which pokes fun at the current political climate in Australia and progressive movements.
Valance, a former popstar and television actress, reworked the lyrics to mention the pro-Palestine movement, trans and LGBT rights, as well as Aboriginal Welcome to Country ceremonies.
“Apple Music pulled the track.
“Funny thing is, Apple Music hasn’t cancelled Rolf Harris, P. Diddy, or R. Kelly. But a song calling out cancel culture? Apparently that was too dangerous.”
Kelly, Combs and Harris were convicted of sex crimes in courts either in the United States or UK.
Harris died in 2023, but Kelly and Diddy are still serving time in U.S. prisons.
The Epoch Times contacted Apple iTunes for comment. It remains available on YouTube and Spotify.
Valance took to Twitter herself to condemn the decision to remove her track.
Valance also shared a post by a supporter calling for fans to email Apple and lodge complaints.
And in a statement published on the afternoon of Jan. 30, One Nation said the track had been reinstated.
“During an interview with Kyle and Jackie O this morning, Holly Valance confirmed that the ironic decision to cancel a song about cancel culture has been reversed after significant public backlash,” the party statement said.
“Apple quietly restored the track today.”
It’s not the first cancellation and backflip One Nation has encountered recently.
