Barack Obama Reaffirms His Admiration for Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’: ‘She Knows What She’s Doing’

6 Sep at 00:17

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Barack Obama is bumpin’ Charli XCX‘s Brat, whether followers believe he is or otherwise.

A number of weeks after launching his yearly summertime playlist, the previous head of state increased down on his fandom of the British pop celebrity’s seriously well-known cd throughout a meeting on the I have actually Had It podcast. “I just put out my playlist, and ‘365’ is on it, and [Brat] is a great album,” he informed hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan.

“People question sometimes whether I’m actually listening to all this music,” Obama included with a bold expression. “As I’ve testified before, I am. Charli XCX, she knows what she’s doing.”

The political leader dropped his 2024 summertime jams onAug 12, highlighting Shaboozey’s Billboard Hot 100No 1 hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” Billie Eilish’s “Chihiro” and Beyonc é’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” in addition to Charli’ s cd better. He additionally included GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Wanna Be,” Saweetie’s “My Best,” Tems’ “Love Me Jeje,” Moneybagg Yo and Morgan Wallen’s genre-blending “Whiskey Whiskey,” plus 2Pac’s “How Do U Want It” and Common’s “The People.”

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From Obama’s shout-out to Kamala Harris’ current co-opting of Brat for her project, the “Von Dutch” vocalist has actually had far more to do with American national politics this year than she possibly anticipated. After automatically tweeting “Kamala IS brat” in July after the VP took control of President Joe Biden’s place on the 2024 Democratic ticket, the previous lawyer’s group fasted to rebrand the Kamala HQ X account with a header influenced by Charli’s cd cover– yet the artist has given that stated she never ever meant to make a full-fledged recommendation.

“Did I think me talking about being a mess b–ch and, like partying and needing a Bic lighter and a pack of Marlboro Lights would end up on CNN? No,” she informed Vulture in August, keeping in mind that she is not, and has actually never ever desired be, “a political artist.” “I’m not Bob Dylan and I’ve never pretended to be… My music is not political. Everything I do in my life feeds back into my art. Everything I say, wear, think, enjoy — it all funnels back into my art. Politics doesn’t feed my art.”

Watch Obama safeguard his case to Brat summertime listed below.