Neil Young is ready to roll again, but not if Elon Musk‘s company logo is on the hood.
On his new song “Let’s Roll Again” released Friday (May 2), the rock star briefly takes aim at the billionaire’s electric car company amid lyrics imploring auto manufacturers such as Ford, General Motors and Chrysler to build clean-energy vehicles that “won’t kill our kids.” Singing a melody that evokes Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” Young quips, “If yer a fascist, then get a Tesla/ If it’s electric, it doesn’t matter.”
Billboard has reached out to Tesla for comment on the musician’s comments about the company and Musk.
Musk is famously the CEO of Tesla, which makes battery-powered cars. In addition to owning X (formerly Twitter) and SpaceX, he’s also the polarizing right-hand man of President Donald Trump, with Musk heading the Department of Government Efficiency created in January.
The release of “Let’s Roll Again” comes six days after Young first premiered the track during his performance at the Autism Speaks Light Up The Blues 7 concert in Los Angeles. It will appear on his upcoming album, Talkin’ to Trees, which he announced Friday would be arriving June 13. Also featuring January single “Big Change,” the LP marks Young’s first with new band the Chrome Hearts.
Young and the Chrome Hearts are currently gearing up to kick off their first world tour on June 18 in Sweden, after which they’ll perform a string of shows across Europe through the first week of July. In August, they’ll embark on a North American leg starting Aug. 8 in Charlotte, N.C.
Listen to “Let’s Roll Again” below.
