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Skip to main content New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during an election rally at Forest Hills Stadium in New York, United States, on October 26, 2025. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images There are a lot of happy New Yorkers out there celebrating the victory of Zohran Mamdani in the 2025 mayoral race, and some of them — including Gracie Abrams, Halsey and more — are also big-name musicians. Zohran Mamdani Dances to Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ During NYC Mayoral Campaign Event Zohran Mamdani Describes His NYC Mayoral Campaign in 3 Songs: ‘Shout-Out to Taylor Swift’ Here’s the Iconic NYC Musician Who Stumped Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani During His ‘Track Star Show’ Music Quiz In response to the 34-year-old Democratic Socialist triumphing over opponents Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa after the election wrapped up Tuesday night (Nov. 4), numerous stars shared messages of excitement and congratulations on social media. Abrams shared a number of posts about Mamdani’s win on her Instagram Story, writing that she was “SCREAMING” and adding, “I keep getting chills over and over.” On X, Halsey wrote, “I just got off stage from an AMAZING show and Zohran Mamdani is mayor of New York and I am NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SLEEP I’m too ALIVE!” Lorde also weighed in, sharing a “New York” graphic on her Story and typing, “Change … Have a Nice Day” while tagging Mamdani’s account. All three of those singer-songwriters are based in NYC, which showed up for Mamdani on Election Day with more than 1,036,051 ballots cast in his favor, according to The Associated Press. Running on a platform of lowering the cost of living in the city, the assemblyman earned an estimated 50.4% of the vote, while Cuomo and Sliwa split the rest 41.6% and 7.1%, respectively. Many other musicians celebrated the results in the comments of Mamdani’s posts on Instagram with Clairo dropping a fire emoji and Lizzy McAlpine writing, “YAYYYY.” “he’s home!” Rachel Zegler replied, while King Princess commented, “I think we should throw a party ?” Lauren Jauregui chimed in, “thank God!! May you be protected and guided!! Yayyyy!” The outpouring of happiness in response to Mamdani’s win reflects the unprecedented grassroots momentum he was able to curate with his campaign. Backed by politicians such as Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Ugandan-born immigrant leaned into social media strategy and pop culture throughout the race, at one point coming out on stage during PinkPantheress’ October concert in Brooklyn. Mamdani also got himself in the good graces of Swifties by shouting out Taylor Swift’s “Only the Young” — as well as “Hate It or Love It” by The Game featuring 50 Cent and “Right Above It” by Lil Wayne featuring Drake — when he was asked to summarize his campaign in three songs. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox Want to know what everyone in the music business is talking about? Get in the know on Visit Billboard Pro for music business news Billboard is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2025 Billboard Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Powered by WordPress.com VIP optional screen reader Manage Account Billboard Hot 100™ Billboard 200™ Hits Of The World™ Songs Of The Summer Year-End Charts Decade-End Charts R&B/Hip-Hop Business News Record Labels View All Pro Songwriters & Producers Artist Index Royalty Calculator Market Watch Industry Events Calendar Billboard Español Cultura y Entretenimiento Crossword Puzzle GET ACCESS TODAY
