An empowering, playful mix of 56 songs triumphantly bookended by Charli XCX songs “brat” and “365” is the right playlist for the polls.
This weekend, Kamala Harris was formally chosen because the Democratic nominee.
Prior to now two weeks, America has exploded with newfound vitality for Harris to tackle Trump—from a record-breaking $310 million fundraised in July, to social media assist from Gen Z icons like Charli XCX and Olivia Rodrigo, to the booming gleeful meme-ification of “Mission Coconut.” Mission Coconut—an antithesis of Republicans’ proposed Mission 2025, and a triumphant reclamation of Harris’ query, “You suppose you simply fell out of a coconut tree?”—is formally a go.
Enter RepresentWomen’s new Spotify playlist “It’s Kamencing,” an empowering, playful mix of 56 songs that signify the overwhelming vitality of younger America proper now.
Triumphantly bookended by Charli XCX songs “brat” and “365”—the anthems of the summer time, and a reference to the singer’s tweet considered 54 million occasions “kamala IS brat”—the playlist effortlessly captures the youthful vitality that the Biden marketing campaign struggled with. There’s “Freedom” by Beyoncé, utilized by Harris in her first official public look as a presidential candidate and marketing campaign video, in addition to “Combat Track” by Rachel Platten.
Critical undercurrents run via the playlist: “That is America” by Infantile Gambino and “AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM” by Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar remind us of the stakes of this election. However “It’s Kamencing” can also be simply stuffed with enjoyable, from Cyndi Lauper’s “Ladies Simply Need to Have Enjoyable” to Fifth Concord’s “That’s My Woman.”
Because the U.S. Olympic girls’s gymnastics flips in the direction of gold and we roll down our home windows and blast “august” by Taylor Swift, Harris’ marketing campaign is using the vitality of a Gen Z summer time. “It’s Kamencing” is the right playlist as we put together for the polls.
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