Beyoncé appears to be signaling her assist for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential run by means of music.
On Monday, Harris made an look at her Wilmington, Delaware, marketing campaign headquarters following President Joe Biden’s endorsement of her candidacy. As she made her huge entrance, the vp walked out to “Freedom,” a observe off Beyoncé’s seminal 2016 album, “Lemonade.”
In keeping with CNN, Beyoncé’s reps have formally granted Harris permission to make use of “Freedom,” which encompasses a visitor look by rapper Kendrick Lamar, whereas on the marketing campaign path forward of the Nov. 5 presidential election.
And the vp seemingly doubled down on the music’s forward-thinking message of self-empowerment in her speech Monday.
“What kind of country do we want to live in: A country of freedom, compassion, and rule of law?” she instructed the group. “Or a country of chaos, fear, and hate?”
Although Beyoncé has not formally endorsed Harris, she has publicly backed Democratic presidential candidates previously. In 2013, she carried out the Nationwide Anthem at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, and three years later, headlined a pre-election live performance for 2016 nominee Hillary Clinton.
She endorsed the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020 with a brief video posted on Instagram.
As for Harris, she attended the Washington, D.C., cease of Beyoncé’s Renaissance Tour final summer season and has praised the 32-time Grammy winner in interviews. Talking to Folks final 12 months, she named “Break My Soul,” off of Beyoncé’s 2022 “Renaissance” album, as her favourite.
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“I play it all the time,” she instructed the publication. “I think it’s one of the anthems for women … when [Beyoncé says] ‘you,’ you could be life, you could be a person, you could be a situation. You will not break my soul. I can endure.”
Whereas “Freedom” could also be Harris’ unofficial marketing campaign anthem for now, different pop artists look like vying for the vp’s consideration as effectively.
On Sunday, Charli XCX responded to early studies that Harris was searching for the Democratic presidential nomination on X, previously Twitter, with a self-referential be aware.
“Kamala IS brat,” she wrote, alluding to the title of her newest album.
And on Monday, Katy Perry ― who endorsed Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2020 ― shared a brief video that includes her newest single, “Woman’s World,” together with footage of Harris, on social media.
