A bizarre feature of his pre-inauguration rally, President Donald Trump's dancing with Village People to their 'YMCA' hit is less bizarre the closer you look.

The Village People performed their iconic hit "Y.M.C.A." at Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, but fans were disappointed when all six of the original ...

The first record I ever owned was “Cruisin’” by Village People.  Released in 1978, the album included a song that would ...

Showing off his new big tent, the returning president played circus master to a strange kind of union. Sign up for Trump’s ...

So, you know, Nelly's here." In a statement original Village People member Victor Willis posted to the disco group's official Facebook page, Willis said performing during inauguration weekend is ...

After performing at Donald Trump’s pre-inauguration rally, the Village People underscored their ... you say to the contrary,” band member Victor Willis, who wrote the lyrics to YMCA, said ...

The president-elect danced along with Village People as his rally closed with ... Did the song’s origin story matter? It did not. (Victor Willis, the group’s frontman and sole remaining ...

Legendary disco group Village People ... I get so many people saying, 'We're not gonna listen to your music anymore,' and all kinds of stuff," Victor Willis, a group founder who co-wrote "Y.M.C.A ...

and sole original member Victor Willis saying in June 2020 that “I don’t endorse Trump…I’ve never endorsed him, nor has the Village People, and we’ve even asked him to stop playing (Y.M ...

Carrie Underwood, Village People, and Nelly have released statements ... In December 2024, Victor Willis, the writer of the song, said in a Facebook post that he let Trump use "Y.M.C.A." because ...

Victor Willis Though Victor Willis remains alive, he quit The Village People in 1983 – and a spate of tragedies followed. Originally known as ‘The Policeman’, Victor was the only straight ...

Nicholas Manelick and Victor Willis. American disco group the Village People made a name for themselves in the late-70s for their chant-along dance-pop hits and their colourful on-stage personas.