Village People Singer Denies "Y.M.C.A." Is a "Gay Anthem" As He Defends Trump's Use of Song (Consequence Sound) [View all]

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By Scoop Harrison
December 2, 2024 | 10:08pm ET

Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” has served as Donald Trump’s go-to theme song for the last several years, to the point where the president-elect even has his own choreographed dance to accompany it. In a new Facebook post, Village People founding member and songwriter Victor Willis defended Trump’s use of the song while also firmly denying any gay connotations that you may come come to associate with the anthem over the years.

Willis said he initially asked Trump to cease playing “Y.M.C.A.” at his events as the the complaints he received from fans became a “nuisance to me.” However, “the Trump campaign knew they had obtained a political use license from BMI and absent that license being terminated, they had every right to continue using ‘Y.M.C.A.’ And they did.”

Besides, Willis explained, Trump “seems to genuinely like ‘Y.M.C.A.’ and he’s having a lot of fun with it,” and “I simply didn’t have the heart to prevent his continued use of my song in the face of so many artists withdrawing his use of their material. So I told my wife to inform BMI to not withdraw the Trump campaign political use license.”

Willis also acknowledged the financial benefit, noting that he stands to make “several million dollars” due to Trump’s continued use of the song.

Read more: https://consequence.net/2024/12/village-people-ymca-trump/

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Noted: Willis also acknowledged the financial benefit, noting that he stands to make “several million dollars” due to Trump’s continued use of the song.

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