Boygenius calls Barack Obama a ‘struggle felony’ after he places tune on playlist

She’s not “Cool About It.”

Barack Obama launched his summer time playlist on Thursday, with a listing of his favourite “previous and new” songs of the summer time.

His 2023 listing featured “Not Sturdy Sufficient” by indie rock supergroup Boygenius, however one member of the band, Lucy Dacus, is lower than comfortable about receiving the previous president’s seal of approval.

Dacus, whose bandmates embody Phoebe Bridgers —who has been one of many openers for Taylor Swift on the “Eras” tour — and Julien Baker, retweeted the listing on Thursday evening, including “struggle felony :(” to the tweet.

It’s unclear as to what precisely Dacus was referring to, however some individuals speculated the musician may very well be referring to Obama’s approval of drone warfare throughout his presidency.

The Put up has contacted Boygenius’ reps for remark.

Throughout his eight years as president of america, Obama ordered 563 drone strikes, which killed roughly 3,797 individuals — round 384 and 807 of whom had been civilians, in accordance with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

The drone strikes are one of the controversial elements of his presidency.

The primary drone strike he accepted was in Yemen and it killed 55 individuals — together with 21 youngsters and 12 ladies, 5 of whom had been pregnant on the time.

One other strike focused a funeral in Pakistan and killed 41 individuals, drawing a lot criticism for failing to differentiate between militants and civilians.

Boygenius has waded into politics previously, talking out towards Tennessee’s anti-drag laws in June.

Whereas in Nashville for the RE:Set mini-festival, Bridgers, Dacus and Baker wore drag make-up and costumes in protest of the lately signed laws, designed to put strict limits on drag reveals.

They group additionally spoke out about equality at Coachella in April. Throughout their set, Dacus blasted legal guidelines in Missouri and Florida that prohibit entry to gender-affirming care for transgender individuals, whereas Bridgers declared “abortion is wonderful” and “f – – ok Ron DeSantis.”

Obama is but to publicly reply to Dacus’ tweet.

The previous prez’s different summer time songs embody hits by J Hus, SZA, Rosalía, Burna Boy, Ice Spice, Kelela, and Janelle Monáe.