Obama’s Playlist: In The Spirit Of Marilyn Monroe, He Endorses Music To Lift Careers Of Artists In Acts That Generate Views In Millions
The Oasis Reporters
December 26, 2024
Whenever President Barack Obama tweets about his favorite songs and the artistes that create them, there’d be views of the tweet in tens of millions within an hour.
Apart from his Summer playlist, he would also have his favorite music of the year.
Check if an artist from your region or country is there.
If that ain’t a lift, what else is ?
There are Nigerian singers I would never have heard of it it hadn’t been for Obama. Specifically because I am old school.
One thing about Barack Obama is that he’s got rhythm. I can’t dance a lick so I look up to great folks like him.
Whenever he releases a tweet like this:
“Here are my favorite songs from this year! Check them out if you’re looking to shake up your playlist – and let me know if there’s a song or artist I should make sure to listen to”.
Shake yours up by checking up the Obama tweet, and it would have garnered over 50M views in less than one hour. That’s his impact, and it’s huge.
This is how in big and small ways, great stars help the arts with endorsements and helps stars to rise.
This was also how Marilyn Monroe did it by putting her foot down and to give her back to a black singer to climb on, in the dark days of debilitating racism decades ago in America.
Greg Abolo
gregabolo@gmail.com
