If last night's presidential election proved anything, it's that America really pays attention to its entertainers, and on a morning when so many emotions are running through our readers' heads, we offer this: a simple collection of reactions from the music makers.

A song is most often the only way we know how to express ourselves, and while an outpouring of new art will soon hopefully give us all something to latch on to (although that got blasted at the bottom of this post), for now we have this:

Here's Killer Mike, an Atlanta-based emcee and community activist who widely supported Senator Bernie Sanders in the primaries.

If they didn't see it yesterday, the church-going crowd is gonna love this Marilyn Manson video where Trump gets killed.

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Ted Nugent, who's been an outspoken Trump supporter, may still be tipsy after celebrating last night.

It's been confirmed that Mick Jagger from The Rolling Stones won't be singing "You Can't Always Get What You Want" at the inauguration.

Talib Kweli has asked America to rest in peace.

Michigan native Kid Rock felt compelled to post this to his Facebook page.

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Our queen St. Vincent is being…positive?

Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! is a champion for LGBTQ issues, and also has a question.

And finally, to really put it in perspective is Canadian punk outfit Propagandhi, who point out how fucked up our entire world really is most days.

We need hope and clarity, so leave it in the comments, please.

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This article appears in Nov 3-10, 2016.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...