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Every year Barack Obama publishes his music favorites of the year. It always reveals once again that the former US President has a good but also reliable taste in music.
In 2025, the 64-year-old had a lot of fun with “Nice To Each Other” by Olivia Dean and “Jump” by BLACKPINK. Of course Bruce Springsteen is there (“Faithless”), but also Chappell Roan (“The Giver”). Obama apparently likes Lady Gaga, even though “Abracadabra” seems like a very easy choice.
Insider tips from EXPOTUS: Victoria Noelle (“In The Name Of Love”) and Khamari (“Sycamore Tree”).
As you can imagine, that’s true Barack Obama’s 2025 playlist to very different reactions, but which also reveal a lot about Obama’s public image, the music year 2025, pop discourses of the last few years and Daddy Issues.
ROLLING STONE has collected the funniest and smartest reactions on social networks:
- Kendrick and Drake on a playlist? BARACK. SIR.
- This is obviously an “Ask Siri” playlist, or he asked his daughters what music was trending.
- Is there a Joseph Biden playlist?
- Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!!!! It’s finally here! Oh my God!!! The list I absolutely had to know.
- I’ve never heard of that before. I come from the era of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Bon Jovi.
- All of Trump’s favorite songs would only be ones he sang himself.
- WGAF? (Who cares?)
- He probably fired the employee who did this and used Chat-GPT based on his older lists.
- What, no KISS?
- No Oasis? Come on, Bo!
- I knew it. Not a Slayer.
- I guess Obama isn’t a Swiftie…
- No more old white men. Well, almost.
- NO GEESE??????
- Automatically based on BLACKPINK’s selection
- What about all the other living former presidents? Where are their lists?
- Music for the perfect wedding?