Seriously

15 million people watched this on Facebook. We asked Sara Bareilles (Waitress) to imagine what President Obama might be thinking about the 2016 election and Donald Trump, but can’t say publicly. Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) performs the song.

Recorded and mixed by Derik Lee
Emily Grishman, music copyist
Lee Nadel, bass
Jonathan Dinklage, violin
Adele Stein, cello
Todd Low, viola
Antoine Silverman, violin2

Read more from Ira about how these original songs came together.