{"id":99122,"date":"2024-09-05T18:03:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T22:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/09\/05\/barack-obama-doubles-down-on-his-love-for-charli-xcxs-brat-she-knows-what-shes-doing\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:03:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T22:03:58","slug":"barack-obama-doubles-down-on-his-love-for-charli-xcxs-brat-she-knows-what-shes-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/09\/05\/barack-obama-doubles-down-on-his-love-for-charli-xcxs-brat-she-knows-what-shes-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"Barack Obama Doubles Down on His Love for Charli XCX\u2019s \u2018Brat\u2019: \u2018She Knows What She\u2019s\u00a0Doing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBarack Obama is bumpin\u2019 Charli XCX<\/a>\u2018s Brat<\/em>, whether fans think he is or not.<\/p>\n

\n\tA couple of weeks after releasing his annual summer playlist<\/a>, the former president doubled down on his fandom of the British pop star\u2019s critically acclaimed album during an interview on the I\u2019ve Had It <\/em>podcast. \u201cI just put out my playlist, and \u2018365\u2019 is on it, and [Brat<\/em>] is a great album,\u201d he told hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie \u201cPumps\u201d Sullivan.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tCharli XCX & Troye Sivan Say Pop Is in Good Hands With Chappell Roan: \u2018This Is Not an\u00a0Anomaly\u2026\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n

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\n\t\u201cPeople question sometimes whether I\u2019m actually listening to all this music,\u201d Obama added with a defiant expression. \u201cAs I\u2019ve testified before, I am. Charli XCX, she knows what she\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe politician dropped his 2024 summer jams on Aug. 12, spotlighting Shaboozey\u2019s\u00a0Billboard Hot 100 <\/a>No. 1 hit \u201cA Bar Song (Tipsy),\u201d\u00a0Billie Eilish\u2019s\u00a0\u201cChihiro\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s\u00a0\u201cTexas Hold \u2018Em,\u201d\u00a0in addition to Charli\u2019s album closer. He also featured GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion\u2019s \u201cWanna Be,\u201d Saweetie\u2019s \u201cMy Best,\u201d Tems\u2019 \u201cLove Me Jeje,\u201d Moneybagg Yo and Morgan Wallen\u2019s genre-blending \u201cWhiskey Whiskey,\u201d plus 2Pac\u2019s \u201cHow Do U Want It\u201d and Common\u2019s \u201cThe People.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom Obama\u2019s shout-out to Kamala Harris\u2019 recent co-opting of Brat <\/em>for her campaign, the \u201cVon Dutch\u201d singer has had much more to do with American politics this year than she probably expected. After spontaneously tweeting \u201cKamala IS brat\u201d in July after the VP took over President Joe Biden\u2019s spot on the 2024 Democratic ticket, the former attorney\u2019s team was quick to rebrand the KamalaHQ X account with a header inspired by Charli\u2019s album cover \u2014 but the musician has since said she never intended to make a full-fledged endorsement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDid I think me talking about being a mess b\u2013ch and, like partying and needing a Bic lighter and a pack of Marlboro Lights would end up on CNN? No,\u201d she told Vulture<\/em><\/a> <\/em>in August, noting that she is not, and has never aspired to be, \u201ca political artist.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not Bob Dylan and I\u2019ve never pretended to be\u2026 My music is not political. Everything I do in my life feeds back into my art. Everything I say, wear, think, enjoy \u2014 it all funnels back into my art. Politics doesn\u2019t feed my art.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch Obama defend his claim to Brat summer below.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 I’ve Had It Podcast (@ivehaditpodcast) September 5, 2024<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n