Carminho makes it to Obama's summer playlist
The Portuguese fado star's song "O Quarto" featured in film "Poor Things".
This week, former US President Barack Obama shared his summer playlist and among the 44 choices is a song by the Portuguese Fado singer Carminho.
‘O Quarto’, in the version published on the soundtrack of ‘Poor Creatures’, a film by Yorgos Lanthimos starring Emma Stone in which the Portuguese fado singer played a role.
Carminho's song is a variation on ‘O Quarto (Fado Pagem)’, the opening song on ‘Portuguesa’, the fado singer's sixth album, released in 2023.
Continuing an annual tradition he began in 2015 while he was still in office, the 44th president shared a list of his favourite songs that he’s listening to this year, as well as the books he’s been reading.
Obama himself has described his music taste as “eclectic”, and his choices range from hyperpop to afrobeats and folk music.
They include Charli XCX’s viral turbo-charged song from her Brat album, Tommy Richman’s viral breakout single “Mililon Dollar Baby” and English musician Nick Drake’s “One of These Things First”.
Other tracks include newer hits like Nigerian popstar Tems’ “Love Me Jeje” and LA-based Calimossa’s “What’s in the Tea?”, as well some more iconic tracks like The Rolling Stones’ 1965 song “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” and Sting’s 1985 hit “If You Love Somebody Set Them Free”.
Sources: Expresso/The Independent/X