While JD Vance represents an administration that is openly hostile to all types of LGBTQ+ people, his Spotify playlist seems to cry out, “In da clerb, we all fam.”
A new website that has dubbed itself the “Panama Playlists” — a nod to the “Panama Papers,” a massive leak of information related to the wealth elite’s offshore accounts released in 2016 — has allegedly shared the personal Spotify playlists of many political elites, according to a new report in WIRED.
“I found the real Spotify accounts of celebrities, politicians, and journalists. Many use their real names. With a little investigating, I could say with near-certainty: yep, this is that person. I’ve been scraping their playlists for over a year,” the text on the official website says. “Some individuals even have a setting enabled that displays their last played song. I scraped this continuously, so I know what songs they played, how many times, and when.”
The message concluded, “The Panama Papers revealed hidden bank accounts. This reveals hidden tastes.”
Most notable among the leaked playlists is one from vice president JD Vance called “Gold on the Ceiling,” which seems to include quite a few beloved queer classics, including “Stay” by Lisa Loeb, Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” and Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car.” Also making appearances are such woman-fronted rock bands as the Alabama Shakes (“Hold On”) and No Doubt (“Spiderwebs”).
His second shared playlist, “Making Dinner,” features the Backstreet Boys and more than one appearance by Florence + the Machine.