We’re now four days past what we want – except we don ‘t want to type it, but there it is, another armed uprising in the US capital – the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States. (POTUS, if you’re nasty.) And you know what that means, people: time for playlist!
That’s right: in an effort to restore some normality – as defined by the tenure of Biden’s old friend Barack Obama, the first American Spotify-conscious American president – tot the American political process, the Biden Inauguration Committee has released a playlist of 46 songs with songs ranging from “Very easy to imagine you Joe Biden listens to” – the inevitable Springsteen, dildo jazz rockers Steely Dan, Marlena Shaw – to ‘make Joe Biden probably angry if he had to sit in a long car ride and listen to them’, like Kendrick Lamar, Major Lazer, and the recent MF DOOM. (Soft enough suggested by an instrumental track, rather than any of his dense and intricate rappers.) It’s not necessary to criticize the playlist – it’s actually pretty good, as defined by the criterion to try to create a list of 46 songs embodied An Apple Music Definition of “unity” – as much as the absurdity of “presidential podcasts ” in the first place.
If nothing else, It’s nice to see 46 different artists who are not immediately outraged about their images and art co-opted in the service of the leader of the free world, a phenomenon that was shockingly common during the tenure of the current office. Compiled by Raedio and D-Nice, the playlist ranged from Mac Miller and Dua Lipa, to A Tribe Called Quest and SIA, to what we can only assume was Biden’s absolute, “Don ‘t fuck me, I’m the president now, probably ”claim, the inclusion of the “What a fool believes.” of the Doobie brothers.
Meanwhile, the preparation for musical performances for the inauguration itself is also engaged in a similar “Truly, no one will be angry with Tom Hanks!” fashion, with the beloved actor is going to be the presentation of a star-heavy TV specialist celebrating the inauguration, which will also include performances by Justin Timberlake, Demi Lovato, Jon Bon Jovi, and more
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