--- title: Election 2016: Bernie Bae Music Video Supports Bernie Sanders description: 'Talk Bernie to me' canonical: https://time.com/4226062/bernie-sanders-bernie-bae-music-video/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-16T18:49:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:04.712Z og:title: Watch the Music Video for Bernie Sanders' New Pop Anthem og:description: 'Talk Bernie to me' og:url: https://time.com/4226062/bernie-sanders-bernie-bae-music-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Music Video for Bernie Sanders' New Pop Anthem twitter:description: 'Talk Bernie to me' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bernie Sanders Now Has His Own Pop Anthem Called 'Bernie Bae' by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 16, 2016 6:49 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 16, 2016 6:49 PM CUT The woman who brought us the mega-viral hit “[Crush On Obama](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU "undefined")” is back with another political pop song just begging to go viral. This one is about Bernie Sanders. It’s called “Bernie Bae.” The production values in this music video are much higher this time around—and we have to admit, the song is quite catchy. [**Read more:** Bernie Sanders Is Winning Feminists, Even at Hillary Clinton’s Alma Mater](http://time.com/4220427/bernie-sanders-wellesley-hillary-clinton-femisim/ "undefined") The song is all about the feelings of excitement and idealism Sanders is inspiring in so many [young people](http://time.com/4217147/bernie-sanders-stephen-colbert-the-late-show/ "undefined"): “I was feeling so hopeless/ And so cynical/ Now you’ve got me focused/ Bernie you’re a miracle.” “The grassroots inertia that’s pushing Senator Sanders’ campaign forward is awe-inspiring,” creator Leah Kauffman [told ](http://www.refinery29.com/2016/02/103305/bernie-bae-viral-video-leah-kauffman-crush-on-obama "undefined")Refinery29\. “It shows that millennials do care about this election and that we are politically alive.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4226062/bernie-sanders-bernie-bae-music-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4226062/bernie-sanders-bernie-bae-music-video/"},"headline":"Bernie Sanders Now Has His Own Pop Anthem Called 'Bernie Bae'","datePublished":"2016-02-16T18:49:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:04.712Z","description":"'Talk Bernie to me'","url":"https://time.com/4226062/bernie-sanders-bernie-bae-music-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4226062/bernie-sanders-bernie-bae-music-video/","name":"Bernie Sanders Now Has His Own Pop Anthem Called 'Bernie Bae'"}}]}] ```