So…Malia Obama Is In A Band Now?

I’m not going to say anything positive or negative about this, because it just is what it is, and either way I’ll get my head bitten off.

I would like to point out some facts.

1- She is an adult.

2- If she wanted to be a very private person and entirely out of the spotlight, she wouldn’t make MUSIC VIDEOS.

So yeah – she’s fair game to talk about, because I think she’s pretty officially “putting herself out there.”

Maybe someday she can go on an arena tour and charge people $3,000 to meet her. You know, like her mom. 

ANYWHOOOO… Malia has joined a band as their harmonica player? Or is just PLAYING a harmonica player in their video. Or something.

Surely this isn’t a ploy by the band to get attention from the Obama cronies. She’s just a very. VERY talented fake harmonica player.

According to Daily Mail:

Malia Obama stars in the recently released music video for the New Dakotas ‘Walking On Air.’

The former first daughter sings, plays harmonica and even headbangs in the video, which casts her as one of the musicians trying out for a spot in a band.

This is certainly a huge boost for the band, who have already amassed an impressive following around the Boston area.

Oh wait… so it IS for publicity? My bad.

They are all upperclassmen at Harvard, and it is not quite clear if Malia is friends with the boys or just a fan.

Malia may also have gotten the gig through director Brett McLoughlin, who runs a company called Phaneron Media and is also a Harvard classmate.

The former first daughter has made it clear she wants to pursue a role in the entertainment industry after college.

Malia has already built up an impressive resume thanks to summer internships on the set of the Halle Berry television series Extant and Lena Dunham’s HBO series Girls while she was still in high school.

Malia has already built up an impressive resume thanks to who her dad is.

Fixed it for you.

She took a break though from the grind of show business after high school to try and enjoy her graduation.

I’m sure she was EXHAUSTED from the “grind.”

Then, halfway through her gap year, she took a job at the now-defunct Weinstein Company.

Lovely.

Neat.

The harmonica on this is actually good. I’m not sure if she’s actually playing it, or if she’s just playing a role in the music video.

Either way, this is a thing that’s happening.