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Beyoncé OKs Kamala Harris’ Use of ‘Freedom’ as an Official Campaign Song


Kamala Harris entered her campaign HQ Monday to Beyoncé's 'Freedom,' and CNN reported her staff had received permission to use it as a theme song.

Yet it remains the most enduring song off the acclaimed “Lemonade” album in some respects, as a socially conscious anthem that was revived with even greater resonance in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. At the Republic National Convention last week, Trump came on-stage as Lee Greenwood sang the venerable “Proud to Be an American,” after sitting alongside a T-shirt-clad Jason Aldean in the audience. Kid Rock also performed his oldie “American Bad Ass” at the convention, with modified lyrics that included new lines like, “It smells in here ’cause Trump’s the shhhhh.”

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