Your new summer playlist is here, curated by Obama

Rock out with Obama.
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Sophie Hirsh
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Your new summer playlist is here, curated by Obama
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Barack Obama knows we're heartbroken about him leaving the White House, so he's compensating for it by leaving a few legacies behind.

Our super cool dad of a president just dropped not one but two summer playlists on Twitter – one for getting pumped up during the day and one for rocking out at night.

That's one more playlist than he released last summer.


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His daytime summer playlist features a wide spread of genres, and it includes a variety of artists including Prince, Sara Bareilles, Jay Z and Beach Boys. The White House's official Spotify account wasted no time in compiling the president's daytime hits into a playlist.

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At night, Obama rocks out to musicians including Mary J. Blige, Miles Davis, Chance the Rapper and Billie Holiday. The evening tracks were also put together on Spotify.

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Hopefully Obama will drop his own album next.

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Sophie Hirsh

Sophie was a Viral Content Intern for the Watercooler channel. More writing and other stuff by Sophie can be found at www.sophiehirsh.com.

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