Barack Obama is boasting about his “eclectic” taste in music.
On Monday, the former president took to X to share his 2024 Summer Playlist.
“With summer winding down, I wanted to share some songs that I’ve been listening to lately—and it wouldn’t be my playlist if it didn’t include an eclectic mix,” he tweeted. “I hope you find something new to listen to!”
And what exactly does Obama have in rotation this season? It looks like this year’s standout favorites, Charli XCX, Tommy Richman, Tyla, and Shaboozey made the cut, as well as some classics: Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Sting, The Rolling Stones, Etta James, Bob Marley, The Supremes, Beyoncé, and Digable Planets, among others. Billie Eilish, Tems, H.E.R., Cleo Soul, Saweetie, Willow, Moneybagg Yo, GloRilla, Megan Thee Stallion, Bad Bunny, and Gunna also made an appearance.
Last year, Babyface Ray and Money Man were nestled among Barack’s 2023 favorites. While it might be easy to assume that his daughters, Sasha and Malia, or an intern are the reason he’s hip to so much new music, it seems that isn’t the case. Last June, he told Hasan Minhaj that his playlist reflects his music taste and his alone.
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“Listen, I am so glad that I had this opportunity,” Obama told Minhaj. “People, they believe the books and the movies. But the playlists, they somehow think—and this is mostly coming from young people like you—somehow y’all think you invented rock ’n’ roll, you invented hip-hop. And so the fact that my lists are, you know, pretty incredible, people seem to think, ‘Well, he must have had some 20-year-old intern who was figuring out this latest cut.’ No, man. It’s on my iPad right now.”
