{"id":553147,"date":"2026-07-31T14:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553147\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:29:12","slug":"noah-kahan-pretends-to-call-obama-after-making-ex-pres-summer-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/553147\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Kahan Pretends to Call Obama After Making Ex-Pres’ Summer Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tNoah Kahan<\/a> knows his song \u201cDoors\u201d is a bit of a bummer. The chugging acoustic tune about self-sabotage and serious trust issues appears on his latest album, the Billboard 200-topping The Great Divide, as well as former President Barack Obama\u2019s just-released summer 2026 playlist<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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\n\tThe track appears alongside tunes by Glen Hansard \u2014\u00a0the Frames and Swell Season singer who died tragically this week in a motorcycle crash \u2014\u00a0as well as Doechii & SZA, Yebba, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Strokes, Kelela, Charley Crockett, Vince Staples and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tKahan playfully acknowledged the honor on Thursday night (July 30) during his show at Globe Life Field in the nightly phone call segment. \u201cObama? You finally put me on your summer playlist after 15 f\u2013king years?<\/a>,\u201d Kahan said while pretending to talk to the ex-commander-in-chief; at press time it was unclear if Obama really was on the phone, but his voice could not be heard on the call and Kahan\u2019s smile signaled he was goofing.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe crowd howled at the joke as Kahan doubled-down and did a wellness check on the former first couple, asking Obama, \u201care you doing OK? It\u2019s not a happy song at all. Is everything all right with Michelle? OK, we f\u2013king miss you so much.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tWhile other songs on Obama\u2019s list aim for uplift, such as Fred Hammond\u2019s \u201cI Feel Good\u201d and Chaka Khan\u2019s \u201cAin\u2019t Nobody,\u201d the lyrics to \u201cDoors\u201d are decidedly darker. On the chorus, Kahan sings, \u201cYou were unsuspectin\u2019, not unwarned\/ That I\u2019m the trouble ahead, that I scream in my sleep\/ You\u2019re puttin\u2019 money on red, I\u2019m a sure bet at a losin\u2019 streak\/ I keep showin\u2019 you doors, but you can\u2019t open them up\/
\u2018Cause it g\u0435ts harder to see me the clos\u0435r you try to look.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA fan compiled a series of tweets<\/a> from Kahan from over the years in which the singer lamented feeling like the two-term democrat hated his music, including one from December 2021 in which he flat out asked, \u201cwhy does Obama hate my music<\/a>,\u201d and another from Dec. 2022 that read, \u201cWhy is Obama mad at me?<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd though Kahan was in a joking mood about #45, earlier this week he was not at all amused<\/a> when the Trump administration used his song \u201cAmerican Cars\u201d in one of its propaganda videos without his consent. \u201cWould never approve of my music being used in support of you or this administration,\u201d Kahan wrote in the comments on Trump\u2019s Instagram post, becoming the latest in a long line of artists<\/a> to slam Trump for playing their music during rallies and on social media hype videos.<\/p>\n


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