Beyoncé OKs Kamala Harris’ Use of ‘Freedom’ as an Official Campaign Song
variety.comChris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Kamala Harris is feeling her “Freedom,” with an official nod from Beyoncé.
The presumed Democratic candidate for the presidency entered her campaign headquarters Monday night to the tune of that rousing anthem from Beyoncé’s 2016 “Lemonade” album, and CNN later reported that Harris had gotten the superstar’s express permission to use the song on the campaign trail just hours earlier.
CNN’s report said that a source close to Harris revealed that, “just hours before she walked out to the song,” Beyoncé’s camp offered Harris’ team approval to blast “Freedom” not just Monday night but “throughout her presidential campaign.” Beyoncé has not yet issued an official endorsement of the VP moving up to the United States’ top position (although her mother, Tina Knowles, already has), but her official allowance of the song will certainly be taken as a tacit one.
It’s not a stretch to imagine that an explicit thumbs-up from Beyoncé for Harris’ candidacy might come soon The singer endorsed the Joe Biden/Harris ticket in 2000, and she performed in support of Hillary Clinton four years prior to that, on top of performing at Barack Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. “Freedom,” which includes a featured appearance by Kendrick Lamar, was never officially released as a single, and in its album-track status topped out on the Billboard Hot 100 at No.
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