This sounds like a piece of satire but believe me it’s true.
US President Barack Obama has continued to get ‘down with the kids’ by signing up for a Spotify account, according to his official Tumblr.
Yeah that’s right Obama has Tumblr too which probably makes him one of the oldest people using the platform. Unfortunately he’s yet to post any cliched lyrics or meme’s featuring Xzibit.
The Spotify announcement came with a playlist of “a few of Obama’s favorites” alongside tracks picked by campaign staff. Although it doesn’t say which specific tracks were picked by Obama, I like to imagine him sat in the Whitehouse smoking a Marlboro & blasting out the Arcade Fire’s “We Used To Wait” from the Presedential stereo.
The Official Obama 2012 Spotify playlist:
Raphael Saadiq, “Keep Marchin’”
Noah And The Whale, “Tonight’s The Kind Of Night”
Bruce Springsteen, “We Take Care Of Our Own”
Zac Brown Band, “Keep Me In Mind”
Aretha Franklin, “The Weight”
U2, “Even Better Than The Real Thing”
Ricky Martin, “The Best Thing About Me Is You (feat. Joss Stone)”
Dierks Bentley, “Home”
Ray LaMontagne, “You Are The Best Thing”
Earth Wind And Fire, “Got To Get You Into My Life (Live)”
Booker T & The MG’s, “Green Onions”
Wilco, “I Got You”
The Impressions, “Keep On Pushing”
Dreamgirls Soundtrack: Jennifer Hudson, “Love You I Do”
AgesandAges, “No Nostalgia”
Sugarland, “Stand Up”
Al Green, “Let’s Stay Together”
Darius Rucker, “This”
Arcade Fire, “We Used To Wait”
Florence And The Machine, “You’ve Got The Love”
James Taylor, “Your Smiling Face”
REO Speedwagon, “Roll With The Changes”
Sugarland, “Everyday America”
Darius Rucker, “Learn To Live”
Electric Light Orchestra, “Mr. Blue Sky”
Montgomery Gentry, “My Town”
No Doubt, “Different People”
Ledisi, “Raise Up”
Social media was prevalent in Obama’s 2008 presidential Campaign and experts are suggesting he’ll need to harness the power of the people once again in the run up to the 2012 elections. With accounts on over 15 of the big social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and Google+, Obama’s web presence either demonstrates the importance of politicians engaging with the people or his press team just have nothing better to do.