Geçen yıl görevini Donald Trump’a devreder ABD’nin 44’üncü başkanı Barack Obama sosyal medyada takipçilerine müzik ve kitap önerilerinde bulundu. İşte Obama’nın 2017’de okuduğu kitaplar ve dinlediği şarkılar
The Power / Naomi Alderman
Grant / Ron Chernow
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City / Matthew Desmond
Janesville: An American Story / Amy Goldstein
Exit West / Mohsin Hamid
Exit West / Mohsin Hamid
Five-Carat Soul / James McBride
Anything Is Possible / Elizabeth Strout
Dying: A Memoir/ Cory Taylor
A Gentleman in Moscow/Amor Towles
Sing, Unburied, Sing / Jesmyn War
Bonus: Coach Wooden and Me / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Basketball (and Other Things) / Shea Serrano
Mi Gente / J Balvin & Willy William
Havana/Camila Cabello (feat. Young Thug)
Blessed / Daniel Caesar
The Joke / Brandi Carlile
First World Problems / Chance The Rapper (feat. Daniel Caesar
Rise Up / Andra Day
Wild Thoughts / DJ Khaled (feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller)
Family Feud / Jay-Z (feat. Beyoncé)
Humble / Kendrick Lamar
La Dame et Ses Valises / Les Amazones d’Afrique (feat. Nneka)
Unforgettable / French Montana (feat. Swae Lee)
The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness / The National
Chanel / Frank Ocean
Feel It Still / Portugal. The Man
Butterfly Effect / Travis Scott
Matter of Time / Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
Little Bit / Mavis Staples
Millionaire / Chris Stapleton
Sign of the Times / Harry Styles
Broken Clocks / SZA
Ordinary Love (Extraordinary Mix) / U2
Bonus: Born in the U.S.A. / Bruce Springsteen (Broadway şovundaki blues versionu kesinlikle en iyisi!)