{"id":1980659,"date":"2023-07-23T08:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T12:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-summer-playlist-backfires-after-artist-he-included-responds-with-2-brutal-words\/"},"modified":"2023-07-23T08:45:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T12:45:47","slug":"obamas-summer-playlist-backfires-after-artist-he-included-responds-with-2-brutal-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-summer-playlist-backfires-after-artist-he-included-responds-with-2-brutal-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama&#8217;s playlist backfires as artist responds with two brutal words."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobamas-summer-playlist-backfires-after-artist-he-included-responds-with-2-brutal-words%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1980659&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Few summer \u201ctraditions\u201d are more media\u200c generated than\u200d the annual unveiling of \u200cformer President Barack Obama\u2019s \u201cSummer Playlist.\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The tradition, which <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/blog\/2015\/08\/14\/white-house-just-joined-spotify-listen-presidents-summer-playlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appears<\/a> \u200d to have begun in 2015, has the former president \u2063put out a list of songs that he\u2019s been listening to and it usually comes\u200d and goes\u200d with nary a fuss.<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, those with\u2062 an interest may debate whether or not certain songs\u200b deserve to make\u2063 the\u2062 cut but it seldom goes any \u200bfurther than that.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2063 year, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-heaps-praise-librarians-push-porn-kids-criticism-parental-book-bans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obama<\/a> found his summertime playlist \u2014 and his legacy\u200d as president \u200b\u2014 being attacked by an\u200d artist \u2064featured\u2062 on his list.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Like I do every year, here are some songs I\u2019ve been listening to \u200bthis summer \u2014 a mix of\u200b old and new. \u200bLook forward to hearing \u200dwhat I\u2019ve missed. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H2Do2iaD1p\">pic.twitter.com\/H2Do2iaD1p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1682133479037841414?\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>The artist\u2062 in question is all-female rock band \u201cboygenius\u201d \u2014 and at least one member of the musical trio is not a fan of the \u2062former president at\u200c all.<\/h3>\n<p>Obama listed the band\u2019s song\u2064 \u201cNot Strong\u2063 Enough\u201d\u200b in his 2023 playlist. In \u200cresponse, singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus\u2062 (who makes\u2062 up the band with fellow musicians\u200c Phoebe Bridgers\u2064 and Julien Baker) retweeted the former\u200b president with a simple label for him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">war criminal  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ikW3tMevxe\">https:\/\/t.co\/ikW3tMevxe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lucy\u200d Dacus (@lucydacus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucydacus\/status\/1682149257015595008?\">July 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dacus \u2064tweeted out \u201cwar criminal\u201d and accompanied \u200ca sad face \u200cemoji next to the\u2064 simple\u2062 message.<\/p>\n<p>The words were \u2064few but\u2062 the intent was clear:\u2062 Dacus, like millions of Americans, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraines-zelensky-again-makes-demand-biden-keeps-ignoring-for-sanctions-on-russia\/\" title=\"Ukraine\u2019s Zelensky Again Makes Demand Biden Keeps Ignoring for Sanctions on Russia\">apparently disagreed<\/a> with much \u2063of the \u200dObama administration\u2019s foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2063 wasn\u2019t thrilled\u2064 with her band\u2019s inclusion on the former president\u2019s musical playlist.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/07\/21\/boygenius-lucy-dacus-barack-obama-war-criminal-song-summer-playlist-not-strong-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>, Dacus and\u200c her bandmates are on\u200c the far left \u2062of American \u2064politics. Dacus\u2062 is a supporter of Vermont\u200d socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, Mediaite reported, and the band performed a concert\u200c in Nashville, Tennessee, in June in drag to protest \u200bthe state\u2019s law\u2063 against drag shows in public or where they could be viewed \u200dby children.<\/p>\n<p>Whether\u200d Obama actually \u200ccommitted any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-americans-have-spent-161-5-million-housing-suspected-terrorists-at-guantanamo-bay\/\" title=\"Report: Americans Have Spent 1.5 Million Housing Suspected Terrorists At Guantanamo Bay\">war crimes<\/a> is almost immaterial to critics like \u200dDacus (to be sure, the former president\u200c has never been formally charged with war crimes.)<\/p>\n<p>What Dacus\u2019\u2064 remarks do suggest, however, is that the well-polished veneer of the Obama\u2019s is beginning to lose some of its luster with the celebrity world that \u200bwas such a vital part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/political-icon-says-michelle-obama-will-become-dem-nominee-president-vp-role-will-bought\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Obama family\u2019s<\/a> political\u200d image.<\/p>\n<p>Obama has been featuring these\u2064 summertime reveals for nearly \u2062a decade now, and do reveal that the man, \u200bwhatever you may \u200cthink of him <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-makes-secret-power-move-biden-continues-flounder-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as a politician<\/a>, at least \u200dhas varied taste \u2062in music.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Every year, I get\u200c excited to \u200dshare my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies\u2014it\u2019s an example of how music really can bring us all together.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve been listening to \u2063this summer. What songs would you add? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9OgPq0SRy4\">pic.twitter.com\/9OgPq0SRy4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1552005985807618049?\">July 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With so many folks getting together with family and \u2063friends, there\u2019s\u200d a lot to \u200bcelebrate this summer. Here\u2019s a playlist of songs I\u2019ve been \u200clistening to lately\u2014it\u2019s a\u2064 mix of\u2062 old \u2064and new,\u2063 household names\u200b and emerging\u2063 artists, \u2063and a \u2064whole lot in between. \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xwTPun9wsw\">pic.twitter.com\/xwTPun9wsw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1413848757083545601?\">July 10,\u200c 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Over the past few months, I\u2019ve\u200b spent a lot of time listening\u200d to music with my family. I wanted to\u200d share some of my favorites from the \u200csummer\u2014including songs from some of the artists at this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DemConvention?\">@DemConvention<\/a>. Hope you enjoy it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2ZFwdN46jR\">pic.twitter.com\/2ZFwdN46jR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarackObama\/status\/1295484711566024705?\">August\u200c 17, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Obama has never been tried or charged with war crimes, his reported use of drones and the collateral\u2062 damage those \u2064caused have \u200cbeen under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/whistleblower-exposed-obama-admins-drone-killings-sentenced-years-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immense scrutiny<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, Lucy Dacus,\u200c like many on the right and the left,\u200b has\u200d been one\u200c of those watching \u2014 \u2064and doesn\u2019t like what she\u2019s seen.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obamas-summer-playlist-backfires-artist-included-responds-2-brutal-words\/\">Obama&#8217;s &#8216;Summer Playlist&#8217; \u200dBackfires\u200d After \u2063Artist He\u200c Included Responds with 2 Brutal Words<\/a> appeared first \u200con <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2064 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>, the media often covers the event, but it is not a significant or widely recognized tradition. Since 2015, former President Barack Obama has released his &#8220;Summer Playlist,&#8221; sharing the songs he enjoys. However, the attention it receives is largely due to media coverage, and it does not generate much excitement or attention from the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":1980660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1980659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}