Singer Joy Villa won the approval of Trump supporters with her bedazzled red white and blue dress at the 2017 Grammys. Just in case you didn't get the message, the dress was also emblazoned with Trump's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again" on the front and Trump on the train.
Villa unveiled the dress after removing the flowing white number she arrived to the award show in.
The dress has prompted a mixed reaction on social media. Some on Twitter supported the dress:
Stunning! @Joy_Villa took a brave stance against the liberal elitists tonight at the #Grammys this evening in her political dress. pic.twitter.com/cW9FINKZgF
— Truth Bombers (@Truth_Bombers) February 13, 2017
#JoyVilla you are gorgeous in your gown, if I didn't #BoycottGrammies I'd love to see this! Proud patriot #MAGA 🇺🇸#BoycottGrammies2017 pic.twitter.com/uSJn6FmyaQ
— 🇺🇸Jojoh888🇺🇸 (@jojoh888) February 12, 2017
Unsurprisingly, there were plenty more detractors:
Worst Dress Award goes to Joy Villa. #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/Y8cV8FRQNd
— ramel (@itsRamel) February 13, 2017
@Joy_Villa imagine choosing to end your career before anyone even knew who you were pic.twitter.com/a1kQxIu7Fp
— priscilla (@Sillaxo) February 12, 2017
Villa, who describes herself as a "feminist" and a "vegan" on her Twitter account, is no stranger to causing a scene on a red carpet (her ensemble last year landed her in a few "worst dressed" lists). However the jury is out on whether her dress statement was ironic or the sign of a true Trump believer. She's so far only responded to the backlash with an Instagram post saying "Sometimes you just gotta be free to express yourself".
And apparently her attention-grabbing look was, as Villa explained on her Instagram account before the event, a statement about "love."
Meanwhile, Katy Perry was another Grammy attendee to get a little political, albeit in a slightly more subtle and less confusing manner. In an interview with Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet the newly blonde Perry (who also accidentally swore and got bleeped out) spoke about entering an era of "purposeful" pop.
She said of this new phase,
"You know me, my songs have always had layers to them — never, you know, one-dimensional — and I think I used to be the queen of innuendo, and I, um, woke up a little bit more and educated myself a little bit more, but obviously don't know all of the answers, and maybe I am a little more the queen of subtext. But I think it's just a song that starts conversations, and I think that's what we need more than ever is... there's so much divisiveness and people on one side or the other, and I think we just need to listen to each other."