Barack Obama shares favourite songs of 2022 list featuring Ethel Cain, Steve Lacy and Kendrick Lamar

27 December 2022, 10:34 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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(Ethel Cain) (Steve Lacy) (Kendrick Lamar)

Barack Obama's favourite tracks of 2022 list has been revealed, and includes songs by Ethel Cain, Steve Lacy, Kendrick Lamar and more.

Ahead of Christmas, Barack Obama revealed his 25 favourite songs from the past year, and as well as featuring frequent favourites like Lizzo and Bad Bunny, Obama's 2022 list includes Ethel Cain's "American Teenager", Steve Lacy's "Sunshine" featuring Fousheé, Kendrick Lamar's "The Heart Part 5", as well as other songs by Beyoncé, Maggie Rogers, NxWorries, SZA, Danger Mouse and Black Thought, SiR and Scribz Riley, Rosalía, Rema, Koffee and others.

I always enjoy sharing my end of year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs. Here are some of my favorites.

Are there any songs or artists I should check out? pic.twitter.com/qkwm4UOzMD
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 23, 2022

Ethel Cain reacted to being included in the list, writing, "did not have a former president including my anti-war, anti-patriotism fake pop song on his year end list on my 2022 bingo."

did not have a former president including my anti-war, anti-patriotism fake pop song on his year end list on my 2022 bingo
— (@mothercain) December 24, 2022