{"id":310,"date":"2020-08-18T11:18:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T01:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=176650"},"modified":"2020-10-16T17:51:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T17:51:49","slug":"barack-obama-playlist","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/barack-obama-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama Just Released His Summer Playlist And It Includes Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_165599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165599\" style=\"width: 4643px\" class=\"wp-caption alignfull -width\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-165599 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/GettyImages-467354336.jpg\" alt=\"Barack obama\" width=\"4643\" height=\"3099\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NATIONAL HARBOR, MD &#8211; MARCH 23: U.S. President Barack Obama waves after he spoke during the SelectUSA Investment Summit March 23, 2015 in National Harbor, Maryland. The summit brought together investors from around the world to showcase the diversity of investment opportunities available in the U.S. (Photo by Alex Wong\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former US President Barack Obama has revealed the music artists he is listening to this American summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past few months, I\u2019ve spent a lot of time listening to music with my family. I wanted to share some of my favorites from the summer \u2013\u2013 including songs from some of the artists performing at this week\u2019s @DemConvention,\u201d he wrote on social media on Monday. \u201cAs always, it&#8217;s a mix of genres that travels through various eras. I think there&#8217;s something in here for everybody\u2013\u2013hope you enjoy it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And, just like <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/barack-obama-fleabag\/\">Phoebe Waller-Bridge\u2019s <em>Fleabag <\/em>was one of Obama\u2019s favorite television shows<\/a>, there\u2019s a few surprises in the mix like Megan Thee Stallion, Dua Lipa, Bad Bunny, and the late Mac Miller. But I guess, the more we have gotten to know the Obamas outside the White House, the more we understand that they do indeed enjoy dancing. (I would have been dead had the 59-year-old Democratic leader listed Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s \u201cWAP.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/barack-obama-fleabag\/\"><span class=\"price-style\">READ: Barack Obama Has watched Fleabag As Much As you And You Know What That Means\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Obama also starred the artists who will be performing at the 2020 Democratic National Convention which begins on August 20. 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEAcKHqgStB\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">Over the past few months, I\u2019ve spent a lot of time listening to music with my family. I wanted to share some of my favorites from the summer\u2013\u2013including songs from some of the artists performing at this week\u2019s @DemConvention. As always, it&#39;s a mix of genres that travels through various eras. I think there&#39;s something in here for everybody\u2013\u2013hope you enjoy it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/barackobama\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\"> Barack Obama<\/a> (@barackobama) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-08-17T22:17:06+00:00\">Aug 17, 2020 at 3:17pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The list is a welcome albeit short reprieve from Obama\u2019s heavier posts regarding November\u2019s election. Just yesterday \u2013 in a rare rebuke against President Donald Trump \u2013 Obama told his former campaign manager David Plouffe on a podcast that he \u201cworries\u201d about protecting the integrity of the election process amid a pandemic, specifically Trump\u2019s reluctance to properly fund the US Postal Service, making it difficult for Americans to vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019ve seen in a way that is unique to modern political history is a president who is explicit in trying to discourage people from voting,\u201d Obama said. \u201cWhat we\u2019ve never seen before is a president say, \u2018I\u2019m going to try to actively kneecap the Postal Service to encourage voting and I will be explicit about the reason I\u2019m doing it,&#8217;\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s sort of unheard of, right? And we also have not had an election in the midst of a pandemic that is still deadly and killing a lot of people, and we still don\u2019t know the long-term side effects of contracting the illness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has baselessly stated that the mail-in voting system will lead to voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"price-style\">READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/michelle-obama-escape-white-house-memoir-becoming\/\">MICHELLE OBAMA HILARIOUSLY RECOUNTS THE DAY SHE TRIED TO ESCAPE THE WHITE HOUSE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":312,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[23,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Barack Obama&#039;s Summer Playlist Includes Megan Thee Stallion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former US President Barack Obama has revealed the music artists he is listening to this American summer. 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