As a proxy for popular opinion and orientation to power, music can be a pretty efficient signal though. When you look at big changes in chart positions and whos

As a proxy for popular opinion and orientation to power, music can be a pretty efficient signal though. When you look at big changes in chart positions and whose sentiment it triggers, someone shooting to the top of the charts out of nowhere is a signal of aesthetic direction change that a politician needs to be able to parse to be percieved as "in touch." Musical taste can also reveal a bit about the politician and how they may respond to issues. The sounds of Biden's peak years were psychedelic and arena rock with an all or nothing protagonism, where the former president kind of peaked in the fern bars of the 80s so there was a smooth new wave/brett easton ellis vibe about the whole thing, where he was aloof and self oriented on the issues. Condoleeza Rice was famously a pianist and admirer of Brahms. It's a bit horoscopey, but musical taste is an honest signal of revealed preferences. In Canada, I get the impression the current prime minister is just really into Sarah McLachlan.