Barack Obama’s annual playlists have become something of a pop culture event. In June, he commented on his yearly collections of songs, telling Hasan Minhaj that they do reflect his musical inclinations.
When Minhaj asked if Obama “really” listens to his playlists, the two-term POTUS responded, “I do.”
“Listen, I am so glad that I had this opportunity,” he continued. “People, they believe the books and the movies. But the playlists, they somehow think—and this is mostly coming from young people like you—somehow y’all think you invented rock ’n’ roll, you invented hip-hop. And so the fact that my lists are, you know, pretty incredible, people seem to think, ‘Well, he must have had some 20-year-old intern who was figuring out this latest cut.’ No, man. It’s on my iPad right now.”
