Obama’s 2016 summer playlist, available on Spotify, shows his preference for upbeat jams in the day and love songs at night.
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Obama wrote back on August 3, saying Lily seemed “like a great kid, and I can tell that you have plenty of spunk to help keep our nation strong”.
In his eight years at the Oval Office, there’s hardly been a boring moment, and before he leaves for good, he dropped us a playlist of tunes he listens to in the summer. Barnett’s tunefully droll Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit was one of the finest albums of 2015 and a proper US breakthrough that earned her a Best New Artist nomination at the Grammy Awards earlier this year, but an endorsement from Obama himself is arguably far more respectable than an endorsement from the stodgy American Recording Academy. Barack Obama is not shying away from the fact that he is an adult human being who has had intercourse in his life (at least twice!), and that you too can enjoy some sexytime while enjoying the latter half of this playlist.
President Barack Obama once again proved his eclectic taste in music, releasing two summer playlists Thursday while he vacations on Martha’s Vineyard with the first family. It’s upbeat, bluesy, and just about ideal for summer barbecues. There’s a double antipodean dose of music given the presidential seal of approval with New Zealander Gin Wigmore’s Man Like That earning a thumbs up from the Oval Office.
A classic crowdpleaser, it’s been on everyone’s summer playlist since 1966.
Like past year, it’s conveniently separated into two playlists: Songs For The Daytime and Songs For The Nighttime.
Now, Mr. President, let’s talk about that Aaron Neville cut.
The White House also made a post on Instagram.
This was an unexpected choice from Obama, but a great one if you ask us.
The nighttime playlist also features Janet Jackson’s “I Get Lonely” and Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Green Aphrodisiac”. We have to assume Malia tuned him into Chance.
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Consequently what was on his iPod and now on his Spotify playlist has always been surprising and sought after.
