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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. 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.
