Victor Willis explained that Trump’s use of the song was profitable and reinforced that it is not a ‘gay anthem’, as has been propagated
Victor Willisvocalist and founder of Village Peopleexplained why he allowed donald trump continued using “YMCA” in his campaign for president in the United States and denied that the track was a “gay anthem”.
In a Facebook post, the musician spoke about the benefits generated by using music for Trump: “‘YMCA’ was stuck at No. 2 on the charts before its use by the president-elect. However, the song finally reached No. 1 on a chart chart after more than 45 years (and remained at No. 1 for two weeks ) thanks to the use by the president-elect”.
Willis also reinforced that the song is not a gay anthem. “As I have said many times in the past, this is a false assumption based on the fact that my songwriting partner was gay, some (not all) of the members of Village People were gay, and their first album Village People it was totally about gay life,” he said.
“This assumption is also based on the fact that the ACM was apparently used as some kind of gay meeting place, and, since one of the composers was gay and some members of the Village People are gay, the song should be a message for gay people. To that end, I say once again: get those ideas out of your head. It’s not,” he continued.
He added, “I wrote ‘YMCA’ based on the things I knew about the YMCA in the urban areas of San Francisco, like swimming, basketball, track and field, cheap food and cheap rooms. And when I say, ‘hang out with all the boys’ , this is simply black slang in the 1970s to describe black guys getting together for sports, gambling or whatever. There’s nothing gay about it.”
The publication culminated in a measure that Willis will take starting in 2025. “So, since I wrote the lyrics and I must know what they are really about, starting in January 2025, my wife will begin suing every news organization that falsely refers to ‘YMCA.’ . as a gay anthem, whether in its headlines or in allusions within the articles, based on the idea that the lyrics suggest illicit activities, which is not the case.”
“However, I don’t mind if gays consider the song their anthem,” he mused.
Source: Rollingstone
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