Happy New Year From The Questlove Show
The Questlove Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In this mini episode, Questlove discusses the song that captures his 2025—and it was released this year. He also talks about how he's spending the new year, including shows with The Roots. This brief check-in also updates the public on the status of the long-awaited album from the band, which... just listen. Happy new year from the team at the Questlove Show.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.6 | The Questlove show is a production of I-Heart Radio. |
| 0:11.8 | In 2026, I'm going to do something that I never do. |
| 0:19.5 | Actually, I started this exercise maybe six years ago. |
| 0:23.8 | Of course, you know, you're supposed to have a resolution. |
| 0:29.7 | I'll say around 2018, 2019. |
| 0:33.7 | I would write lists out. |
| 0:35.4 | Right now, I'm just in the daily practice of 24 hours at a time. |
| 0:39.3 | So this will probably be the first year in which I don't write a list out. |
| 0:45.6 | But literally, one of the things that I'm known for is just writing lists. |
| 0:52.3 | I will say that the message of getting through, and we shouldn't have to |
| 1:00.0 | get through a year. We should be thriving. And I think the only way to get to that is literally |
| 1:05.0 | kind of do the things that we eye roll about. And that includes things like season the day, you know. |
| 1:12.4 | And yeah, there's some days where I wake up and I don't feel like doing affirmations or |
| 1:17.6 | getting out of bed or I'm in a foul mood and whatnot. |
| 1:22.3 | But that's how I got through 2025. |
| 1:25.1 | And here's a weird thing. |
| 1:26.4 | I kind of had a great 2025 |
| 1:28.9 | despite the times that we've lived in. |
| 1:33.8 | And, you know, a lot of tragedy has happened this year. |
| 1:37.5 | But you have to rigorously just fight for a sense of peace |
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