Michelle Obama has released a playlist inspired by the first season of her chart-topping podcast, The Michelle Obama Podcast. The podcast features a range of black female artists including Eugene by Arlo Park and Pink Youth by Yuna and Little Simz.
Michelle Obama announced the playlist in an Instagram post and said; “Excited to share with you a new @Spotify playlist inspired by the first season of my new podcast. It’s filled with incredible new artists and a whole lot of #BlackGirlMagic. I hope you’ll give it a listen and follow some of these terrific musicians. #MichelleObamaPodcast”
Other artists featured on the playlist include; Tayla Parx, Ivy Sol, Lady Bri and friend of the Obama family, Beyoncé. The playlist is a perfect mix of R&B, hip hop and neo-soul, which would appeal to all types of listeners. This is not the former first lady’s first playlist, in January, Michelle shared her workout playlist that included big artists like Lizzo, Ariana Grande and Childish Gambino.
The Michelle Obama Podcast is the first podcast to come out of the deal the Obama’s signed with Spotify last year that would ensure the family’s production company Higher Ground Productions would make podcasts exclusively on the streaming platform. Michelle has already had huge guests on her podcast including US journalist Michele Norris and former, and husband President Barack Obama. The aim of the podcast is to explore personal relationships and how they shape you as a person.
On a recent episode with Michele Norris, Michelle Obama revealed she is suffering from “low-grade depression” because of the pandemic, racial injustice and the “hypocrisy” of the Trump administration. She later took to Instagram to assure her audience that she is okay and they shouldn’t worry about her, saying; “I’m thinking about the folks out there risking themselves for the rest of us—the doctors and nurses and essential workers of all kinds. I’m thinking about the teachers and students and parents who are just trying to figure out school for the fall. I’m thinking about the people out there protesting and organizing for a little more justice in our country.”
Michelle Obama is the former First Lady of the United States, her husband Barack Obama was in office from 2008-2016 before current POTUS Donald Trump. You can listen to her podcast here and check out her playlist below.