Village People to 'Hang Out with All the Boys' at Trump's Inauguration

This has come after a contentious battle over Trump's use of the song (and other Village People titles) over the years. Last May, The group's manager Karen Willis, Victor' wife and very litigious lawyer, sent a cease and desist order to Trump "stating that having Village People impersonators perform "Macho Man" at Mar-a-Lago gave people the false idea that Trump had the group's support," adds Vanity Fair.

But in the ensuing months – and the renewed revenue that has come with it being played at Trump rallies, Willis mellowed. "I said to my wife one day, 'Hey, "Trump" seems to genuinely like "Y.M.C.A." and he's having a lot of fun with it,'" wrote Willis. "As such, I simply didn't have the heart to prevent his continued use of my song in the face of so many artists withdrawing his use of their material.

But don't call it the "gay National anthem," or the "gay" anything unless you want to experience the the couple's wrath: they plan on suing anyone who calls it that. "Come January 2025, my wife will start suing each and every news organisation that falsely refers to YMCA, either in their headlines or alluded to in the base of the story, that YMCA is somehow a gay anthem because such notion is based solely on the song's lyrics alluding to elicit [sic] activity for which it does not," the Telegraph reports.

"Willis claimed there was a "false assumption" that YMCA was a gay anthem because his bandmates were homosexual, as well as the Young Men's Christian Associations being considered somewhat of a gay hangout," the Telegraph adds.

The song shot up the Billboard dance/electronic sales chart as polling day approached on Nov 5, and finally hit number one following Mr Trump's victory the week of Nov 17.