Sara Bareilles and Leslie Odom Jr. concocted your new favorite election song

And it's from the perspective of President Obama.
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Chloe Bryan
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Well, this just about sums it up.

This American Life tapped Sara Bareilles to imagine what President Obama might be thinking about this blessedly-almost-over election -- so, appropriately, she wrote a song called "Seriously?"

To be fair, that's what we're all thinking at this point.


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The track is sung to perfection by Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr. -- and features some pointed meditations on Donald Trump and the sorry state of American politics.

Hey, the election may be horrible, but it gave us this song, right?

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Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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