Popsugar Entertainment Playlist Barack Obama Drops His Summer 2021 Playlist – Listen Here Barack Obama Shared His Summer 2021 Playlist, and It's Just as Cool as You'd Expect 10 July 2021 by Grayson Gilcrease Image Source: Getty / Hannes Magerstaedt If you thought your playlist had a wide range of genres, wait until you see the songs on Barack Obama's. On 10 July, the former president shared his annual summer playlist, and it's filled with classic jazz favourites, like Ella Fitzgerald's "Lush Life", and popular TikTok tunes, like Masked Wolf's "Astronaut in the Ocean". "With so many folks getting together with family and friends, there's a lot to celebrate this summer", Obama wrote on Twitter. His playlist certainly has a lot to offer, including music for a night out, a backyard family BBQ, and more. After all, Obama did say that "it's a mix of old and new, household names and emerging artists, and a whole lot in between". Ahead, we've rounded up all of his picks so that you can listen in one place. With so many folks getting together with family and friends, there's a lot to celebrate this summer. Here's a playlist of songs I've been listening to lately—it's a mix of old and new, household names and emerging artists, and a whole lot in between. pic.twitter.com/xwTPun9wsw — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) July 10, 2021 "Pick Up Your Feelings" by Jazmine Sullivan 1 / 37 "Switch It Up" by Protoje feat. Koffee 2 / 37 "Holding Back The Years" by Simply Red 3 / 37 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison 4 / 37 "Straightenin" by Migos 5 / 37 "Desperado" by Rihanna 6 / 37 "Leave the Door Open" by Silk Sonic 7 / 37 "Interlude" by Sarah Vaughan 8 / 37 "Ella No Es Tuya (Remix)" by Rochy RD, Myke Towers, and Nicki Nicole 9 / 37 "Tumbling Dice" by The Rolling Stones 10 / 37 "Astronaut In The Ocean" by Masked Wolf 11 / 37 "Frozen" by Sabrina Claudio 12 / 37 "If You Really Love Me" by Stevie Wonder 13 / 37 "Walkin'" by Miles Davis 14 / 37 "Exodus" by Bob Marley & The Wailers 15 / 37 "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" by Chicago 16 / 37 "Coyote" by Joni Mitchell 17 / 37 "Mohabbat" by Arooj Aftab 18 / 37 "Didn't Cha Know" by Erykah Badu 19 / 37 "Conséquence" by Kékélé 20 / 37 "Everybody Loves The Sunshine" by Roy Ayers Ubiquity 21 / 37 "So Hard" by Nezi 22 / 37 "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" by Bob Dylan 23 / 37 "Neighbours" by J. Cole 24 / 37 "Good Days" by SZA 25 / 37 "Text You Back" by brother sundance feat. Bryce Vine 26 / 37 "You Ain't The Problem (Claptone Remix)" by Michael Kiwanuka 27 / 37 "Everything (... Is Never Quite Enough)" by Wasis Diop 28 / 37 "The Tears Of A Clown" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles 29 / 37 "Wants and Needs" by Drake feat. Lil Baby 30 / 37 "Águas De Março" by Elis Regina and Antonio Carlos Jobim 31 / 37 "Its Way With Me" by Wye Oak 32 / 37 "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers 33 / 37 "Find A Way" by H.E.R. feat. Lil Baby 34 / 37 "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" by Louis Armstrong 35 / 37 "Speak Your Mind (from the Netflix Series "We The People")" by Brandi Carlile 36 / 37 "Lush Life" by Ella Ftizgerald 37 / 37 PlaylistMusicSummerBarack Obama