Former U.S. President Barack Obama has shared his annual checklist of his favourite songs of the 12 months, that includes Kendrick Lamar’s GNX monitor “Squabble Up,” “Yayo” by rising Nigerian star Rema, and the Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman duet “Proper Again to It.” Billie Eilish, Tyla, Fontaines D.C., Shaboozey, Beyoncé, Moses Sumney, Sturgill Simpson’s Johnny Blue Skies alias and extra all seem among the many picks as properly. See the total 25-song checklist under.
“Listed here are my favourite songs from this 12 months,” Obama wrote in Instagram and X posts alongside his alternatives. “Examine them out when you’re trying to shake up your playlist.” Earlier this 12 months, he additionally shared his 2024 Summer time Playlist, which included Charli XCX’s “365” and Tommy Richman’s “Million Greenback Child.” The latter additionally seems on the year-end checklist, whereas the previous doesn’t.
Kendrick Lamar: “Squabble Up”
Billie Eilish: “Lunch”
Rema: “Yayo”
Tyla, Gunna & Skillibeng: “Bounce”
Central Cee & Lil Child: “Band4Band”
Ezra Collective & Yazmin Lacey: “God Gave Me Toes for Dancing”
The Crimson Clay Strays: “Ramblin’”
Fontaines D.C.: “Favorite”
Asake & Travis Scott: “Lively”
Shaboozey: “A Bar Music (Tipsy)”
Bonny Gentle Horseman: “Outdated Dutch”
Rae Khalil: “Is It Value It”
Beyoncé: “Texas Maintain ’Em”
Jordan Adetunji: “Kehlani”
Artemas: “I Just like the Manner You Kiss Me”
Johnny Blue Skies: “Scooter Blues”
Hozier: “Too Candy”
Leon Bridges: “Peaceable Place”
Tommy Richman: “Million Greenback Child”
Waxahatchee & MJ Lenderman: “Proper Again to It”
Myles Smith: “Stargazing”
Jack White: “That is How I am Feeling”
Moses Sumney: “Gold Coast”
Karol G: “Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido”
FloyyMenor & Cris MJ: “Gata Solely”