Donald Trump told to stop using this gay anthem for his campaign

Yoann Lemoine, the French musician who performs under the name Woodkid, has called out Donald Trump’s presidential campaign for continuing to use one of his songs in a recently re-released video without permission.

According to French newspaper Le Monde, the Trump campaign first released the video last December. The nearly two-minute video reportedly features images of soldiers and anti-vaccine demonstrators alongside clips from Trump’s speeches, according to Euro News, all set to the tune of Woodkid’s 2012 single “Run Boy Run.” Euro News also reported that the Trump campaign has played the song during the former president’s rallies.

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Lemoine, who is gay, previously spoke out against the campaign’s use of his song, which he describes as an “LGBT+ anthem.”

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But as Le Monde reported, on Monday the Trump campaign re-released the video on Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social.

On Wednesday, Lemoine took to his official Woodkid X account to once again protest Trump’s use of his music.

“Once again, I never gave permission for the use of my music on that @realDonaldTrump film,” the 41-year-old out artist wrote. “Run Boy Run is a LGBT+ anthem wrote by me, a proud LGBT+ musician. How ironic [sic].”

Lemoine also called on his record label, Universal Music, to take action. “Please react and don’t be complicit,” he wrote, tagging Universal Music France’s X account.

Once again, I never gave permission for the use of my music on that @realDonaldTrump film.
Run Boy Run is a LGBT+ anthem wrote by me, a proud LGBT+ musician. How ironic.
Please react and don’t be complicit @UMusicFrance

— WOODKID (@Woodkid) August 6, 2024

Lemoine joins a growing list of artists whose music has been used by the Trump campaign without permission. During his 2016 campaign, Adele, R.E.M., The White Stripes, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John were among the acts who either demanded that the Trump campaign stop using their music or disavowed his use of their songs without permission. The estates of Leonard Cohen, Beatles guitarist George Harrison, Sinéad O’Connor, Isaac Hayes, Prince, Tom Petty, and Luciano Pavarotti have all opposed Trump’s use of the artists’ work as well.

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