Barack Obama Confirms He is Truly Making These Viral Playlists

Comic, author, and political commentator, Hasan Minhaj, bought the true from former U.S. President Barack Obama on his viral yearly playlists.

Throughout a 30-minute sit-down with Minhaj, Obama was requested if he actually enjoys these annual round-ups of music, books and flicks. Almost getting up from his seat, the 61-year-old ex-president confirmed. “I do! Hear. I’m so glad that I’ve this chance,” Obama exclaimed. “Individuals – they imagine the books and the flicks, however the playlists, they in some way suppose — and that is principally coming from younger folks such as you — in some way, y’all suppose you invented rock ‘n’ roll. You invented hip-hop. And so the truth that my lists are, you already know, fairly unbelievable — folks appear to suppose, effectively, he should’ve had some 20-year-old intern who was determining this newest reduce. No, man! It’s on my iPad proper now.”

The tech-savvy husband and father of two unapologetically mentioned that he has SiR and Scribz Riley’s track “Life Is Good” on his iPad (“Sure, I do. Come on, man. Don’t play with me.”) Obama revealed that whereas he indulges in a majority of what he lists, he’s additionally open to “options.”

“Look, right here’s the underside line of my playlists and my guide lists and my film lists. I’m very scrupulous about ensuring that that is stuff that I truly like,” he continued. “I’ll confess that there are occasions — on the playlists, on the music lists — the place I’ll get options. As a result of it’s not like I bought time to be listening to music on a regular basis. So sometimes, on the finish of the yr, what occurs is of us shall be like, “Man, you have to hearken to this. That is good.” However except I’m truly listening to it, watching it, studying it, I gained’t put it on there.”

Since Obama’s eldest daughter, Malia, acquired a writing credit score on the Donald Glover co-created present Swarm, the comedic thriller may discover a place on the previous president’s subsequent summertime listing.

Watch the total interview beneath.

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