Franz Ferdinand ‘furious’ that IDF used song in genocide propaganda

The band Franz Ferdinand has angrily hit back after the Israeli Defence Forces used their song Take Me Out in a propaganda video posted on social media.

Franz Ferdinand calls IDF ‘warmongering murderers’

The video shows fighter jets and explosions as Israeli soldiers celebrate Israel and the US’ recent attacks on Iran. The caption reads ‘Operation Roaring Lion – this is how it’s done.’

To reiterate, this was all happening while fucking Take Me Out played

Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos took to his own Instagram stories to condemn the genocidal IDF:

These warmongering murderers are using our music without our consent. This makes us both nauseous and furious.

Kapronos also pointed out just how typical of the IDF this is:

Kind of typical though, isn’t it? To strut up and take what isn’t theirs with a vile arrogance…

With the British Media pumping out warmongering propaganda, it’s important that everyone with a voice does speak out against Israel.

History of speaking out

The band are no strangers to standing up for what’s right. In 2016 they released Demagogue as part of 30 Days, 30 Songs, protesting the election of Donald Trump. This was an independent campaign created by Artists for a Trump-free America.

The song included the lyric:

Those pussy grabbing fingers won’t let go of me now.

We can’t possibly ignore the fact that the band is named after Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination led to World War 1.

It’s absolutely bizarre that his namesake is fighting against true evil harder than the British government

If I had a nickel for every time Franz Ferdinand was involved in the precursor events of a world war, I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it happened twice https://t.co/feAbNuGJr8

— Adam Smith (@adamndsmith) March 8, 2026

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