Lara Trump recorded her newest single in the lobby of a golf club. Yes, really.
The former Republican National Committee co-chair is dropping “Sah-Sah,” a bilingual collaboration with Egyptian rapper Mohamed Ramadan, on Friday—and according to The Daily Beast, the track was recorded in the lobby of Trump National Golf Club Jupiter in Florida. The music video was shot there too, because of course it was.
THE DETAILS: Ramadan, 37, shared footage of himself dancing with the 43-year-old Trump daughter-in-law on Instagram last September.
He insists the collaboration wasn’t political: “I had absolutely no reservations at all, and I don’t get involved in politics. I’m an artist, and I genuinely admire Lara’s art and her voice.” He added that even if she “weren’t from the Trump family,” he still would have made the song with her.
Trump, for her part, framed the whole thing as a fun escape from her busy life. “With how crazy my life is between my Fox News show, my podcast, being a mom, being a crazy dog lady, and more, I have really enjoyed the escape that comes from music,” she told the Washington Examiner.
BUT BUT BUT: Here’s the thing—Lara Trump’s music career has been, to put it charitably, universally panned. She entered the scene in 2023 with a cover of Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down,” followed by “Anything is Possible,” which prompted one listener to note that “Lara Trump going flat and sharp in the same note is quite the feat.”
Then came the auto-tuned duet “Hero” and “No Days Off” featuring French Montana, which Rolling Stone described as “a masterclass in insipid vocal fry pop slop.”
Stephen Colbert has roasted her music. Social media has been merciless. The reviews have been, without exception, brutal.
OF COURSE: None of that has stopped her. Trump is undaunted by the criticism, maintaining that her voice deserves an even bigger platform. In October, she volunteered to perform at Turning Point USA’s rival Super Bowl halftime show—the one Charlie Kirk cooked up after MAGA got mad that Bad Bunny was tapped for the real thing.
And she’s not slowing down. Trump is releasing an EP in April and a full debut album called Just Lara later this year.
ZOOM OUT: This is what happens when you’re adjacent to power in the Trump universe—you get a Fox News show, a podcast, and apparently unlimited studio time in a golf club lobby to pursue your dreams, regardless of talent or public reception. The music industry has a term for this: vanity project. The Trump family has a different one: branding.
Meanwhile, Ramadan’s insistence that he “doesn’t get involved in politics” while collaborating with a member of America’s most politically polarizing family is… a choice. But sure, they were just “brought together by the song.”