Weirdo Alert: Leftists and Progs Freaking Out Over What Might Be Vance's Spotify List

Before his speech at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night, Ohio senator and Donald Trump’s newly christened VP pick J.D. Vance walked onto the stage in front of a roaring crowd to the tune of “America First” by Merle Haggard—but, if this Spotify playlist is any indication, I think he actually might have been more comfortable if it were Justin Bieber’s “One Time” instead.

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There is a public Spotify profile under the username “JD Vance” that potentially gives a small but surprisingly intimate snapshot into the Republican senator’s music tastes. The account is seemingly connected to Vance’s private Facebook profile, and even follows someone who appears to be an old Yale Law School classmate of the Ohio senator. An analysis by the Daily Dot has also concluded that the account, which hasn’t been updated in several years, appears to belong to the J.D. Vance—and points out that several artists included in the account’s playlists have explicitly denounced Trump and the far right at large.


Country and folk are common throughout the five playlists created between 2012 and 2013, the years the Hillbilly Elegy author was at law school. These playlists include artists such as the Avett Brothers, Mumford and Sons, Johnny Cash, and Old Crow Medicine Show. The account owner is also a fan of soul music, with an entire playlist dedicated to the likes of Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, and Aretha Franklin.

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The account’s earliest playlist, titled “Making Dinner,” is perhaps the most … er, wide-ranging of the bunch. It opens with “The First Noel” by Nat King Cole (which makes sense as it was created on Dec. 15, 2012) before winding through a veritable sonic roller coaster, from the Black Keys’ “Gold on the Ceiling,” to Florence and the Machine’s “Shake It Out,” to even (yes!) Justin Bieber’s “One Time.” The playlist also gives a look into its owner’s undeniable millennial bona fides with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Of Monsters and Men, and Sufjan Stevens making appearances. Apparently, not even Vance is immune to the appeal of 2000s indie.

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