Barack Obama Includes Lido Pimienta on His "Best of 2020" List
He shouted out the songwriter's 'Miss Colombia' track "Nada"
In a tweet posted on Saturday (December 19), Obama shared his favourite songs, crediting his "music guru" daughter Sasha with help on the picks. The list includes "Nada," a track from this year's Miss Colombia, featuring Li Saumet.
Pimienta has tweeted her response to appearing on Obama's list, writing, "The elephant in the room being that I'm the only artist here who still pays rent and I have three kids so needless to say, I WILL BELIEVE MY OWN HYPE AND ENJOY THE GOODNESS EVEN IF MY CONFLICTING *INTELLECTUAL* FEELINGS WANT TO SHIT ON THIS."
Beyond "Nada," Obama's favourite tunes of 2020 include Phoeobe Bridgers, Waxahatche, J. Cole, Megan Thee Stallion, Bob Dylan, Bad Bunny, Jessie Ware, Jeff Tweedy, Bruce Springsteen and more. See the list below, along with Pimienta's reaction.
Much like Obama, Exclaim! included Lido Pimienta on our best of 2020 list.
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— Lido Pimienta (@LidoPimienta) December 19, 2020
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The elephant in the room being that I'm the only artist here who still pays rent 😬 and I have three kids so needless to say, I WILL BELIEVE MY OWN HYPE AND ENJOY THE GOODNESS EVEN IF MY CONFLICTING *INTELECTUAL* FEELINGS WANT TO SHIT ON THIS AHEM MISS COLOMBIA FOR LIFE 🤡🥵🍒🌷 pic.twitter.com/d5Qjkw6vXV
— Lido Pimienta (@LidoPimienta) December 19, 2020
To be clear: this is referencing specifically how anti-artist the city of Toronto and their rising housing costs despite job security and fair pay being limited to a very small group of people - Toronto is a great place if you are rich or if you are a condo developer 🤧🤷🏽♀️
— Lido Pimienta (@LidoPimienta) December 19, 2020
All jokes and cheekyness aside, what's mind blowing about this song making it to this list is that it's about giving birth, and about the pain that us womyn and feminine beings carry and share across borders
— Lido Pimienta (@LidoPimienta) December 19, 2020
This is a feminist song, one that's aware of the intersections of pain pic.twitter.com/oklDFylkwZ
This song was recorded in my home studio built by @PrinceNifty who recorded us and co produced my entire album, and with @okanmusica who sand "el dolor lo tengo presente" with such love and strength 🌷 I share this song with my sister Liliana from @bombaestereo - it's lovely ❤️
— Lido Pimienta (@LidoPimienta) December 19, 2020