Songs for the US election campaign: Beyoncé's gospel for Harris makes Trump's selection look old

Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Songs for the US election campaign: Beyoncé's gospel for Harris makes Trump's selection look old Article by Matthias Halbig • 2 days • 5 minutes reading time Beyoncé's eight-year-old song was the anthem of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Now "Freedom" has become even more political. It is now the song for Kamala Harris ( Freedom! Freedom! I can't move! Freedom! Cut me loose!" The song has power, is a powerful gospel. Beyoncé's voice is powerful, her facial expression in the video serious, angry. The piece is a feminist statement and one against racism and the discrimination against black people in America. The eight-year-old song was the anthem of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020. Now "Freedom" has become even more political. It is now the song for Kamala Harris. Hey! I will keep running, / because a winner doesn't give up Beyoncé, from "Freedom" Beyoncé has given Harris, the vice president and likely presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, permission to use it as the "official song" for her campaign. The song fits. Lines like "I sing 'Freedom', / because I need freedom too, / I break the chains myself, / I will take my freedom The slogans “Don’t let them rot in hell” can be read against the backward-looking right-wing ideas about abortion, against the restrictions on science in school education, against all the wrecking balls that the “Make America great again” Republicans, the MAGA-Reps, are crashing against democracy.