Over the previous couple of years, Donald Trump has infamously made the Village Individuals’s 1978 hit “Y.M.C.A” his theme track. The group even just lately carried out the monitor at a number of inauguration occasions. Now, Village Individuals lead singer Victor Willis has defined the true that means of “Y.M.C.A.”
Willis appeared on TMZ’s “2 Offended Males” podcast with Harvey Levin and Mark Geragos to clear the air. Despite the fact that the track has been broadly considered as a “homosexual anthem,” Willis stated that the lyrics are extra ambiguous than that.
Earlier this month, Willis despatched a stop and desist to Jim Jeffries after the comic stated on his “At This Second” podcast that “‘Y.M.C.A.’ is about males “f***ing in showers in a hostel.”
“[Jeffries] went over the road when he acquired into saying it needed to do with males having intercourse within the rest room,” Willis stated on the TMZ present.
He additionally claimed the lyrics don’t indicate something remotely associated to that.
“We approached [Jeffries] and he apologized and stated he was going to rephrase what it was he stated and say it otherwise, as a result of the best way he stated it as worded was defamatory.”
Through the interview, Levin insisted lyrics like “It’s enjoyable to remain on the Y.M.C.A./ They’ve the whole lot for younger males to get pleasure from/ You may hang around with all of the boys” might be interpreted in a myriad of how.
Willis replied that was truly his objective.
“That was one thing that I credited myself on is writing my songs with what known as a double entendre,” he said. “I might write a track to the place you’ll be able to take it any form of approach you needed it. In the event you’re straight, you’ll be able to take the lyrics for any individual straight or if you happen to had been homosexual, you could possibly take it for any individual homosexual.”
In January, the Village Individuals carried out on the Liberty Ball. “Macho Man” and “Y.M.C.A.” had been routinely performed at Trump rallies throughout his 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns.
In December, Willis stated he “didn’t have the center” to cease Trump from enjoying “Y.M.C.A.”