Village People founder explains why he let Trump use ‘YMCA’ and denies track is a ‘gay anthem’

Victor Willis explained that Trump’s use of the song was fruitful and stressed that it is not a “gay anthem”, as has been touted

Victor Willissinger and founder of Village peoplehe explained why he allowed it donald trump he continued to use “YMCA” in his campaign for president in the United States and denied that the song was a “gay anthem”.

In a post on Facebook, the musician spoke about the benefits generated by using music Trump: “‘YMCA’ was stuck at No. 2 on the charts before it was used by the president-elect. However, the song finally reached No. 1 on the charts after more than 45 years (and stayed at No. 1 for two weeks) thanks to the use by the president-elect”.

Willis he also stressed 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 the group Village people they were gay and their first album Village people it was totally about gay life,” he said.

“This hypothesis 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 ACM Village people I’m gay, the song should be a message to gay people. To this end, I repeat once again: get these 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 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 kids, this it’s just 70’s black slang to describe black kids getting together to play sports or gamble or whatever. There’s nothing gay about it.

The publication culminated in a measure that Willis will happen starting in 2025. “So, since I wrote the lyrics and I need to know what they’re really about, starting in January 2025, my wife will start denouncing every news outlet that falsely refers to ‘YMCA’ as an anthem gay, both in the headlines and in allusions within the articles, based on the idea that the texts suggest illicit activity, which is not the case.”

“However, I don’t care if gays consider this song their anthem,” he mused.

Source: Terra

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