Oriana González

starting a thread of members of congress’ spotify wrapped! 💥💥💥 (and i guess apple music and other streamers are okay too)

ty to the members who have sent me their wrapped so far (and if a staffer wants to send me their boss’ wrapped, tysm)

updating throughout the day🧵 1/?

Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE)

- top artist: Taylor Swift
- top song: Carry You Home by Alex Warren

Rep. Emily Randall (D-WA)

- top artist: Taylor Swift
- too song: Guilty as Sin by Taylor Swift

Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT), who said she uses YouTube instead of Spotify 🫡

top 5 songs:

- Silk Chiffon by MUNA
- All-American Bitch by Olivia Rodrigo
- Poison Poison by Renee Rapp
- Red Wine Supernova by Chappell Roan
- Do It With a Broken Heart by Taylor Swift

Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA), who uses Apple Music instead of Spotify 🍎

- top artist: Radiohead
- top song: Gabriela by KATSEYE

Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH)

- top song: Same Old Song by The Lumineers
- top album: Lavender Days by Caamp

A quick part 2 for Landsman here:

- top artist: The Lumineers

Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY)

- top song: All Things Must Pass by George Harrison
- top artist: George Harrison (followed by Billy Joel and Frank Sinatra)

Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), who said he does not know what Spotify is but wanted to participate in this thread, so he told me his favorite music

- top artist: The Rolling Stones
- top song: Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA)

top artists:

1. Dua Lipa
2. Beyoncé
3. Calvin Harris
4. Lake Street Dive
5. Lady Gaga

Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)

- top artist: The Beatles
- top song: Fools Like You by Blue Rodeo

Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)

- top artist: Allman Brothers
- top song: One on One

A spox said the Allman Brothers were Courtney’s top artist because he listened to the band a lot in January in memory of Jimmy Carter, who said the band was key in getting him elected in 1976

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)

- top artist: KAROL G
- top song: Under the Sea (the Little Mermaid song)

“My daughter is obsessed with the Little Mermaid,” Gallego told me. “I play it and we sing together when she’s taking her bath or when I’m taking her to daycare”

Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL)

- top artist: Magdalena Bay
- top song: Tracy Hide by the Wondermints

Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), who uses Apple Music instead of Spotify 🍎 (he clarified that it’s a joint family account)

- top artist: Forrest Frank
- top song: Up! by Forrest Frank and Connor Price

Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY), he uses YouTube Music instead of Spotify and we couldn’t figure out where the top songs were, so we just looked at the home page

- currently playing: Can’t Cash my Checks by Johnny Cash

Other songs below!

Rep. John Larson (D-CT)

top 5 artists:

- Mary Wells
- The Spinners
- Stevie Wonder
- Johnny Rivers
- Boz Scaggs

Rep. Max Miller (R-OH)

- top artist: BigXthaPlug
- top song: Feel Good by Chip Tha Ripper

Rep. John James (R-MI)

- top artist: Pop Smoke
- top song: Hello by Pop Smoke and A Boogie wit da Hoodie

Important to mention that James quickly started dancing when Doechii’s Nissan Altima started playing while he was showing me his Spotify Wrapped

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)

- top artist: Bruce Springsteen
- top song: The Weight by The Band (followed by Comes a Time by Neil Young, Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan, Chimes of Freedom by Bon Dylan and Ben Franklin’s Song by The Decemberists)

Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT)

- top artist: Nina Simone 
- top song: Rocket Fuel

Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN)

- top artist: Stan Getz
- top song: Waltz for Koop (I am told that Girl from Ipanema by Stan Getz was up there)
- top genre: cool jazz

Rep. Nick Begich (R-AK)

- top artist: Tritonal
- top song: Lifetime by J Ribbon (he also had a remix of this song in his top 5 songs)
- top genre: electronica

Rep. Brian Jack (R-GA)

- top artist: Drake

“I hope he drops Iceman soon,” Jack told me

Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-FL), he uses Apple Music instead of Spotify and has a joint account with his wife 🍎

- top artist: Michael W. Smith (followed by Fleetwood Mac)
- top song: Silver Springs by Fleetwood Mac (followed by Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac)

Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), he said that he shares a Spotify account with his wife, so he wasn’t sure if Wrapped would reflect him specifically, so he shared *his* favorite artist

- top artist: The Police

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN), he doesn’t use Spotify, but he took the opportunity to tell me about his friend Steve Cropper, the legendary producer and guitarist who passed away today

“He was just wonderful,” Burchett told me

- song on repeat today: Soul Man by The Blues Brothers

Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) said she does not use Spotify (though her husband does, so he plays her favorite songs for her), but she did want to share her favorite music

- top artist: Ozomatli
- top songs: Saturday Night by Ozomatli and Como Ves by Ozomatli

Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)

- top artist: Gracie Abrams
- top song: That’s So True by Gracie Abrams

Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY), who uses Apple Music instead of Spotify 🍎

- top artist: Elton John
- top song: Hallelujah by John Cale (Morelle is learning to play it on the piano!)

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)

- top artist: Bad Bunny (followed by Chuwi, Beyoncé and KAROL G)
- top song: NUEVAYoL by Bad Bunny (AOC said she had the album on repeat)