New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani made a shock look at All Issues Go 2025 throughout its New York version at Forest Hills Stadium on Friday.
Mamdani joined Lucy Dacus, one of many performers from the weekend, which incorporates units from Doechii, Clairo, Djo, and extra. In a video captured from his look, the pair sat onstage on a sofa the place Mamdani expressed his enthusiasm for the pageant, which focuses on ladies and LGBTQ+ artists.
“I really feel such love and pleasure within the crowd this night, and that is what our metropolis ought to really feel like,” he stated.
“It must be a metropolis the place trans New Yorkers are cherished, a metropolis the place our queer neighbors are celebrated, and a metropolis the place each New Yorker may be the fullest model of themselves,” he continued. “And it must be a metropolis that every one of us can afford, whether or not you’re an artist, or a dreamer, or somebody who works the night time shifts. And that metropolis, that metropolis is inside attain, if we’re keen to combat for it.”
He additionally inspired those that had not already registered to vote to take action through HeadCount, which has partnered with the pageant.
Following Mamdani’s remarks, which had been met with cheers all through, he and Dacus hugged.
Throughout her set, Dacus additionally fittingly coated Sufjan Stevens’ “Chicago,” his track from his opus Illinois and from the place the pageant bought its identify. Pageant promoter Stephen Vallimarescu confirmed to Forbes the place it bought its identify in 2023 when discussing dream artists for the pageant’s future lineups. “I feel one other left area one is Sufjan Stevens. All Issues Go, the identify is from a Sufjan track,” Vallimaresco stated.
The track opens with the lyrics, “I fell in love once more/All issues go, all issues go/Drove to Chicago,” and “all issues go” is a repeated chorus all through the beautiful track. Watch Dacus’ attractive rendition from her set on Friday.
The pageant continues in New York by Sunday and contains the Marías, the Final Dinner Get together, Gigi Perez, Rachel Chinourriri, and Pleasure Oladokun. It’s being held in tandem with its D.C. version, held at Merriweather Submit Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, this weekend. The D.C. model options a number of the similar artists together with others like Kesha, Noah Kahan, Sharon Van Otten, Faye Webster, Wallows, Julien Baker & Torres, Lola Younger, Marina, and Function Mannequin.
