Who is Henry Moodie? Emerging pop star describes Donald Trump as a "narcissistic, racist, homophobic" leader

Emerging Guildford singer Henry Moodie recently criticized President-elect Donald Trump in an end-of-year interview with Big Issue. The 78-year-old defeated Democrat supremo Kamala Harris in the 2024 United States Presidential Election, becoming the 47th President of the country after Joe Biden.

According to an Associated Press report, Donald Trump ended the election with 312 electoral votes, 42 more than the favorable number of 270. Harris, meanwhile, amassed 226 electoral votes at the end of the counting process.

In an interview for Big Issue's My Big Year series, songster Henry Moodie was asked about what 'the world got wrong this year.' The 20-year-old replied:

"I was really sad to see Donald Trump elected. The narcissistic, racist, homophobic rhetoric from the leader of the most powerful country in the world I find deeply upsetting. I felt a lot of hope in Kamala, she couldn’t be more qualified for the job."

Henry Moodie became famous in 2020 when his eponymous TikTok channel went viral. The 20-year-old posts original vocal covers of popular songs and has amassed over 129 million views for his efforts. He has over six million followers on TikTok and 2.3 million followers on his Instagram account.

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Exploring the career and songs of Henry Moodie

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Born in Guildford in West Surrey, Henry Moodie started to write songs at 11. He left school at 16 to complete a songwriting course in Fulham and pursue his career as a singer. The 20-year-old started posting his work on social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram before releasing his songs.

Moodie's debut song, You Were There For Me, was released in August 2022. The song was a chart-topper, peaking at number 39 on the UK Singles Download Chart. To promote the release of You Were There For Me, Henry Moodie toured with the British pop band The Vamps, consisting of prominent musicians like Bradley Simpson, James Brittain-McVey, Connor Ball, and Tristan Evans.

Drunk Text was Moodie's second single, which peaked at number 56 in the Downloads chart. Released in 2023, the song started gaining traction in Southeast Asia a year after its release. It peaked atop the charts in Malaysia and other Asian countries.

Henry Moodie's third single, Eighteen, was released on his birthday on April 7, 2023. By then, the singer had acquired 3.6 million monthly Spotify listeners and over 60 million worldwide streams. He was also named one of Amazon's artists to watch and opened many shows for English songstress Mimi Webb on her European tour. His fourth single, Pick Up The Phone, was released two months later. The song peaked at number 88 on the UK Singles Download Chart.

His next three singles, Closure, Fight or Flight, and Orbit, were released in October and November 2023. Henry Moodie released his debut EP in January 2024. Titled In All of My Lonely Nights, the album featured all his previous singles except Eighteen. To promote his debut album, Moodie embarked on the Lonely Nights Tour, where he performed throughout the United States and Europe.

2024 was an eventful year for Moodie. In the year's first half, he released singles like Beat Up Car, Bad Emotions, and Right Person, Wrong Time. The singer released his second EP, Good Old Days, and went on the Good Old Days Tour in October.

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In an interview with Notion (released on February 1, 2024), Moodie described his "sound" as "quite singer-songwriter." The 20-year-old emphasized that he tries to be as vulnerable as possible to keep his music "organic."

He also revealed that 14-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift and stars like Conan Gray and Olivia Rodrigo were his role models.