Last week, Lara Trump (RNC co-chair and daughter-in-law of Donald Trump) released a video of herself recording a tribute to firefighters called “Hero.” And while her intentions may have been good, her vocals on the song were not.
The ballad opens with the voice of Madeline Jaymes, an artist with less than 1,500 followers who describes herself as a “sickly Victorian child” in her Instagram bio. Trump, Jaymes can sing, and she hits some high notes over a soft piano as re-enactments of firefighters saving a little girl from a fire (à la Hallmark movie) play on screen.
Then, a minute and 20 seconds into the song, Trump's distracting vocals (overtaken by autotune) come in to ruin the song. “Takes a lot to put you last and everybody first,” Trump sings as she fights for her life to hold a note.
One clip of Trump performing started getting traction on X on Labor Day. “Every note is a violation of the Geneva Convention,” read one reaction. “My dogs were rough-housing until I turned up the volume to hear the voice. They and stopped howled. This is some tone-deaf shit,” wrote another.
“Who is taking her money telling her she can sing?” read a viral repost with the video.