Barack Obama is having a 'Brat' summer with Charli XCX on his summer playlist
Barack Obama has been bumpin鈥� that. And by that, 鈥�365鈥� by Charli XCX, the anthem of the season, which appears on his official 2024 summer playlist.
The former president shared his annual list this afternoon, featuring a range of new hits and old classics.
In his picks, you鈥檒l find 鈥淐hihiro鈥� by , 鈥淎 Bar Song (Tipsy)鈥� by Shaboozey, and 鈥溾� by Beyonc茅 alongside 鈥�(I Can鈥檛 Get No) Satisfaction鈥� by The Rolling Stones and 鈥淲here Did Our Love Go鈥� by The Supremes.
There are TikTok favorites like 鈥淢illion Dollar Baby鈥� by Tommy Richman and 鈥淛ump鈥� by Tyla, Gunna, and Skillibeng.
There are 鈥�90s bangers like 鈥淣o Diggity鈥� by Blackstreet and 鈥淗ow Do U Want It鈥� by 2Pac.
There is no Chappell Roan, but that鈥檚 a discussion for another day. However, none of the songs stick out quite like the "Brat" track.
鈥淲ith summer winding down, I wanted to share some songs that I鈥檝e been listening to lately鈥揳nd it wouldn鈥檛 be my playlist if it didn鈥檛 include an eclectic mix,鈥� Obama wrote on Instagram. 鈥淚 hope you find something new to listen to!鈥�
Obama鈥檚 famous playlists have been met with some skepticism in the past, with viewers questioning whether he was really behind the picks, or if a person on his staff was secretly doing the selecting. But the former POTUS told Hasan Minhaj in an interview that he is indeed the one making the playlists.
鈥淚 do! Listen, I am so glad that I have this opportunity. 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鈥檃ll think you invented rock 鈥榥鈥� roll, you invented hip-hop,鈥� he said, per .
鈥淭he fact that my lists are, you know, pretty incredible, people seem to think, well, he must鈥檝e had some 20-year-old intern who was figuring out this latest cut. No, man! It鈥檚 on my iPad right now,鈥� he added.
In that case, did Obama listen to "Brat" in full to narrow down his favorite tracks? Did he, too, walk around the house singing, 鈥淚鈥檓 so Julia鈥�? Did Malia and Sasha teach him the 鈥淎pple鈥� dance? Did 鈥淚 think about it all the time鈥� also make him contemplate his life choices?
Between the 鈥�365鈥� pick and Charli that presidential candidate Kamala Harris 鈥淚S brat,鈥� the beloved lime-green album has been making quite an impact not just on pop culture, but also on American politics.
