Questlove Premieres 'The Next Move' Game-Night Series
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- Questlove premieres web series "The Next Move" today, produced with Black Thought through Two One Five Entertainment, featuring celebrity guests from his established game-night circle in relaxed, conversational interviews
- The launch party at a Chelsea townhouse once owned by Lady Gaga featured different board games on each of six floors, with attendees including Katie Holmes, Jon Hamm, Ayo Edebiri, Ziwe, Kilo Kish, Robert Glasper, Michael Che, and Roy Wood
- Questlove's game-night format follows rock manager Shep Gordon's advice to use round tables so guests face each other, a structure he says has drawn guests ranging from J.J. Abrams to Taylor Swift
- Janelle Monáe invented a board game called Kaboom that was among the titles played at the event, alongside Uno and other lesser-known games featured on each floor
- Questlove draws a parallel between "The Next Move" and Glenn O'Brien's late-1970s public access show TV Party, saying the appeal lies in mixing people "that don't know each other and have nothing in common"
- The show's interview ethos mirrors Questlove Supreme (running since 2016), favoring personal questions like favorite cereal and last time you vomited over music-industry shop talk — "people never ask people about things"
- Questlove's dream guest is Michael Jordan, citing having watched "The Last Dance" twice during the pandemic
Why it matters: Questlove is extending his celebrity game-night brand — which has drawn A-listers from Taylor Swift to J.J. Abrams — into a recurring web series competing with formats like "Hot Ones" and "Subway Takes" by leaning into off-topic personal questions rather than press-tour scripts.
