{"id":791495,"date":"2018-12-20T23:34:57","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T06:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=771895"},"modified":"2018-12-20T23:34:57","modified_gmt":"2018-12-21T06:34:57","slug":"hear-barack-obama-guest-on-lin-manuel-mirandas-one-last-time-44-remix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/hear-barack-obama-guest-on-lin-manuel-mirandas-one-last-time-44-remix\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear Barack Obama Guest on Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s \u2018One Last Time (44 Remix)\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/ObamaManuel.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lin-manuel-miranda\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lin-manuel-miranda\" data-tag=\"lin-manuel-miranda\">Lin-Manuel Miranda<\/a> is marking the final installment of his Hamildrop series with a remake of <em>Hamilton<\/em>\u2018s \u201cOne Last Time\u201d and he\u2019s brought out some massive guests, including former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/barack-obama\/\" id=\"auto-tag_barack-obama\" data-tag=\"barack-obama\">Barack Obama<\/a> and actor Christopher Jackson with production from gospel great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/bebe-winans\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bebe-winans\" data-tag=\"bebe-winans\">BeBe Winans<\/a> and Alex Lacamoire.<\/p>\n<p>Aptly named the \u201c44 Remix\u201d in honor of the 44th president, the piano-led song opens with a harmonious chorus that ushers in the soulful remix. \u201cOne last time\/ For the nation we\u2019ve loved and we\u2019ve made\/ Say, oh, oh, oh,\u201d Jackson sings, buoyed by a backing gospel choir. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna teach them how to say goodbye\/ One last time.\u201d Mid-tune, the former president reads a moving passage from George Washington\u2019s farewell address that is featured in the play, backed by his words echoed through singing atop a soft guitar and piano melody. The song culminates in a celebratory flourish for the \u201cteach them how to say goodbye\/ One last time\u201d closing refrains.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s inclusion in the final Hamildrop installment is significant in that Miranda was inspired to write his blockbuster <em>Hamilton: An American Musical<\/em> following his performance of \u201cAlexander Hamilton\u201d at the White House during Obama\u2019s term in 2009. In 2017, Miranda and original <em>Hamilton<\/em> cast member Jackson performed \u201cOne Last Time\u201d as part of a farewell celebration for Obama.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2017, Miranda launched the Hamildrops series, which featured new\u00a0Hamilton-related content. Since then, he released new Hamildrops material each month, which fittingly concludes with this wistful parting-themed song as Manuel bids adieu to the series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/barack-obama-lin-manuel-miranda-one-last-time-44-remix-771895\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lin-Manuel Miranda is marking the final installment of his Hamildrop series with a remake of Hamilton\u2018s \u201cOne Last Time\u201d and he\u2019s brought out some massive guests, including former president Barack Obama and actor Christopher Jackson with production from gospel great BeBe Winans and Alex Lacamoire. Aptly named the \u201c44 Remix\u201d in honor of the 44th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-791495","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 19:28:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}