“Gigi’s voice can tear through the atmosphere like a knife,” says Hozier, the Irish folk-rock star who recently took Perez on tour as his opening act. He adds that “something of her internal world seems to travel the air with it.”

With the song, which seems to criticize recent immigration raids, Bryan, a U.S. Navy veteran, has garnered backlash from conservative creators — and even the White House.

Zach Bryan is speaking out after excerpts of a new song, in which he appears to criticize immigration enforcement agents, sparked uproar.