Fontaines D.C., Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman and Kendrick Lamar feature in Barack Obama's top songs of 2024
Barack Obama's favourite tracks of 2023 list has been revealed, and includes songs by Fontaines D.C., Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman and Kendrick Lamar.
Barack Obama has revealed his 28 favourite songs from the past year, including the likes of "Favourite" by Fontaines D.C., the Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman duet, "Right Back to It", "Yayo" by Rema, Billie Eilish's "LUNCH", Ezra Collective and Yazmin Lacey's collaboration, "God Gave Me Feet for Dancing", "Too Sweet" by Hozier, Moses Sumney's "Gold Coast", Kendrick Lamar's "Squabble Up", and more.
For his summer playlist, he included Charli XCX's "365", Billie Eilish's "Chihiro", and Tems' “Love Me Jeje”. Elsewhere, he had highlighted songs such as “Symptom of Life” by WILLOW, and classics such as Nick Drake's “One of These Things First”, “Where Did Our Love Go” by The Supremes, Norah Jones' “Come Away With Me”, and Blackstreet's “No Diggity”.
To listen to Barack Obama's summer playlist, visit Spotify.
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