• Michelle Obama shared a Spotify playlist of songs inspired by the first season of her eponymous podcast.
• "It's filled with incredible new artists and a whole lot of #BlackGirlMagic," she said of her playlist in a tweet on Friday.
• It's not the first time that the former first lady has shared a playlist — she made a workout playlist in early 2020 and previously, one for Valentine's Day.
• Obama recently opened up during an episode of her podcast about "dealing with some form of low-grade depression" this year, and later followed up on Instagram telling fans not to worry and that she's "doing just fine."
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Michelle Obama has made public a Spotify playlist of uplifting songs that she says, to her, evoke "#BlackGirlMagic."

On Friday, the former first lady shared a link to the playlist on Twitter to kick off the first season of the Spotify-exclusive "The Michelle Obama Podcast," which launched on July 29.

"It's filled with incredible new artists and a whole lot of #BlackGirlMagic," Obama wrote. "I hope you'll give it a listen."

Obama's playlist features 41 songs, from "Black Parade" by Beyoncé, to Chloe x Halle's "Do It." Many of the tracks are performed by Black female artists. It's available to stream on Spotify.

It's not the first time that she has conveyed messages with the public in the form of a shareable Spotify playlist.

In January, Obama shared a playlist of her "go-to" workout songs, including music from Lizzo, J-Lo, and Ariana Grande. She also shared a Valentine's Day playlist in 2018 called "Forever Mine" as a shoutout to Barack Obama.

The former first lady recently spoke about her experience of 'dealing with some form of low-grade depression' this year

In the most recent episode of "The Michelle Obama Podcast," the former first lady spoke with NPR anchor Michele Norris and said that she's been "dealing with some form of low-grade depression" in 2020.

Obama said that in her opinion, her feelings of low-grade depression stem only partially from the coronavirus pandemic.

"Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife, and just seeing this administration, watching the hypocrisy of it, day in and day out, is dispiriting," Obama said on the podcast.

Obama added: "I don't think I'm unusual in that. But I'd be remiss to say that part of this depression is also a result of what we're seeing in terms of the protests, the continued racial unrest, that has plagued this country since its birth."

She continued, saying: "I have to say that waking up to the news, waking up to how this administration has or has not responded, waking up to yet another story of a Black man or a Black person somehow being dehumanized, or hurt or killed, or falsely accused of something, it is exhausting. And it has led to a weight that I haven't felt in my life, in a while."

On Friday, Obama shared a follow-up statement on Instagram, where she thanked podcast listeners and fans who checked on her.

"I just wanted to check in with you all because a lot of you have been checking in on me after hearing this week's podcast," she wrote. "First things first — I'm doing just fine. There's no reason to worry about me."

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