Barack Obama’s tradition of sharing lists of his favorite music and movies twice a year continues. This is what the former president of the United States is currently listening to
He former president of the United States Barack Obama has given to know your list of summer songsand this year he has listened to Charli XCX, Billie EilishShaboozey y Beyoncé.
Your list consists of more than 40 songswhich include new groups and some classics such as Bob Marley & the Wailers, Blackstreet, The Rolling Stones and Etta James.
Obama wrote: “With summer coming to an end, I wanted to share some songs I’ve been listening to lately – and it wouldn’t be my playlist if it didn’t include an eclectic mix. I hope you find something new to listen to.”
Obama, who recently supported Kamala Harris’ presidential campaignhas been releasing annual playlists every summer since 2015when he was still in the Oval Office.
A common question is whether he actually selects his playlists himself, with many questioning if he has a team behind him of him making his frequently brilliant selections.
Obama refuted claims that a team is behind its selectionstelling comedian Hasan Minhaj: “I’m very happy to have this opportunity. People believe the books and the movies, but the playlists, they somehow think – and this comes mostly from young people like you – somehow, you all think you invented el rock ‘n’ roll. you invented el hip-hop. And so the fact that my lists are, you know, pretty incredible – people seem to think, well, there must have been some 20-year-old intern who was figuring out this latest cut. No, man! It’s on my iPad right now.”
Here is Barack Obama’s playlist for summer 2024. See how it compares to our list of the best albums of 2024 to date.
- Shaboozey: ‘A Bar Song (Tipsy)’
- Charli XCX: ‘365
- Billie Eilish: ‘Chihiro’
- Tems: ‘Love Me Jeje’
- Artemas: ‘I like the way you kiss me’
- Tommy Richman: ‘Million Dollar Baby’
- Hope Tala: ‘I can’t even cry
- Blackstreet: ‘No Diggity’ [ft. Dr. Dre y Queen Pen]’
- Enny: ‘Charge It’
- Carminho: ‘O Quarto (Soundtrack Version)’
- Calimossa: ‘What’s in the tea?’
- Hubert Sumlin & Keith Richards: ‘I love the life I live, I live the life I love’
- PJ Morton: ‘Say So’ [ft. Jojo]
- Cleo Sol: ‘Why Don’t You’
- The Miracles: ‘You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me’
- H.E.R.: ‘Process’
- 2Pac: ‘How Do U Want It’ [ft. K-Ci y Jojo]
- Sting: ‘If You Love Somebody Set Them Free’
- Lucinda Williams: ‘Unsuffer Me’
- Jill Scott: ‘Golden’
- The Rolling Stones: ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’
- Saweetie: ‘My Best’
- Charles Mingus: ‘Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting’
- Norah Jones: ‘Come Away With Me’
- Common: ‘The People’
- Etta James: ‘Don’t Cry Baby’
- Chris Jedi, Gaby Music, & Dei V: ‘Bad Boy’ [ft. Anuel AA y Ozuna]
- Rhyme: ‘It’
- Bonny Light Horseman: ‘Old Dutch’
- Willow ‘Symptom of Life’
- Moneybagg Yo: ‘Whiskey Whiskey’ [ft. Morgan Wallen]
- Myles Smith: ‘Stargazing’
- GloRilla & Megan Thee Stallion: ‘Wanna Be’
- Tyla, Gunna and Skillibeng: ‘Jump’
- Bad Bunny & Feid: ‘Perro Negro’
- Paul Russell: ‘Lil Boo Thang’
- Digable Planets: ‘Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)’
- Bob Marley & the Wailers: ‘Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)’
- Nick Drake: ‘One of these things first’
- Bob Dylan: ‘Silvio’
- Pharoah Sanders: ‘Love Is Everywhere’
- The Supremes: ‘Where did our love go?’
- Beyoncé: ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’
- Samara Joy: ‘Someone to Watch Over Me’ [ft. Pasquale Grasso]
