King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard On Trump Win: 'It's A Sad Day For Planet Earth'

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have made their thoughts known following the news that Donald Trump has won the 2024 US Presidential Election.

The Australian psychedelic rockers are currently touring through the US and have frequently toured the States throughout their career, so it’s fair to say that they’ve met a lot of Americans and have a stake in election results. In a post on their Instagram Stories, the band described a second Donald Trump term as a “sad day for planet Earth.”

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“It’s a sad day for people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, women, those with disabilities,” the band wrote on their Instagram Stories.

Noting the environmental concerns of a Trump win, they added: “It’s a sad day for planet Earth, the climate, the soil we grow our food in, the air we fucking breathe.

“As a band of six white dudes, I acknowledge the privilege that we have. We work really hard to create a community which is inclusive and progressive. We’ll keep fighting for you. We love you.”

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard via Instagram Stories

As Brooklyn Vegan notes, at least one of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s 26 albums – PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation – focuses on environmental issues. In 2022, the band won the inaugural Environmental Music Prize with their song, If Not Now, Then When.

Their 2020 single, If Not Now, Then When?, was set in a post-eco-apocalyptic world. It questions the inaction of our leaders and calls for immediate action on climate change.

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard singer and lead songwriter Stu Mackenzie said of the win, “I’ve written quite a few songs about climate change, but after the black summer bushfires in 2019-2020, shit started to feel dire. It still feels dire – more dire.

“We need actual, real, tangible action from our leaders; otherwise, what are they there for? Why are we not doing everything we humanly can to right our wrongs? When we’re literally on fire, why not now? If not now, then when?”

Last week, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released an orchestral single, Phantom Island, just two months after releasing their latest album, Flight b741. They’ll tour the US with an orchestra next year.