@wired: From JD Vance’s dinnertime Bieber to Sam Altman's Shazaming of incredibly popular hit songs, a website claiming to have published the Spotify listening habits of members of the Trump administration, tech leaders, and journalists is making the rounds. “We’ve been scraping their accounts since summer 2024. Playlists, live listening feed, everything. We know what songs they played, when, and how many times,” the Panama Playlists site reads, alleging, “With a little sleuthing, I could say with near-certainty: yep, this is them.” Vance’s potential cooking playlist, which which had been reported on before this drop, has Justin Bieber’s “One Time” and the Backstreet Boys's "I Want It That Way" in rotation. The “Panama Playlists” also claim US Attorney General Pam Bondi jams out to Nelly’s “Hot in Herre” and Foreigner’s “Cold as Ice,” (the latter sounds like a mad lib for the administration’s current immigration policy), Florida Governor Ron DeSantis allegedly streams Miley Cyrus’s “Party in the USA”, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appears to enjoy some Cyndi Lauper with “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” (I mean, some of them also want reproductive rights, too). Are all of the accounts real? At this point, it’s hard to tell. The accounts listed have not been independently verified by WIRED. But it's definitely... worth a look.

Brady Oufnac :

What’s funny is that these artists probably detest those guys

CaroKushxo :

Now this IS journalism 😏😂😂😂😂😂

Kapp :

If their taste in music follows algorithmic mass trends, how refined can their decisions be in anything else? Governance demands discernment not playlists made by marketing teams.

ArtyomOfMetro :

so coworker music.... 🤔

extra4me2 :

Vance is so fruited, yet detests what he calls “woke indoctrination”. Many such closet cases

RC :

Vance’s couch hates to hear Backstreet Boys hit the speaker

RandomPrimate :

“I Want It That Way” for Jay-Dee????🤣🤣🤣

Mason.toao :

It’s like when they ask the 7 what they listen to in The Boys

itsaagaah :

How’s this news? Why is this news? What timeline is this?

⠀Atharva :

Stop why is my playlist similar to Ronny D and Karoline 💀

Dino nuggets :

Really some hard-hitting journalism here guys. Truly groundbreaking stuff.

bleach boy :

What lmao

luke :

@skylar

Witches Against Fascists :

Sam “Not So” Wise 🇵🇸 :

Blaek :

We're being ruled by Jeffrey Epstein's dorkiest friends. Remember that these elites are cowards, remember that they're willing to destroy our nation so they can listen to justin bieber with sex traffickers.

saniwipedisgooci :

Oh no, these millenials are worse than boomers.

Abby✨ :

even their music taste is bland.

joeyjojo911 :

These people have horrible taste

Garrett :

This is the best day of my life. Downloading all of them