“New 12 months, new me.” That’s the identical phrase that everybody loves to make use of as we inch nearer to January. However this 12 months, evidently Black individuals specifically might imply it based mostly on their willingness to share what they plan to alter in 2025.
Whereas on a regular basis individuals have been open about their New 12 months’s resolutions, there have additionally been a number of Black celebrities who’ve publicized their plans for 2025.
With that in thoughts, let’s take a look at a few of the finest New 12 months’s resolutions we’ve seen from each Black celebrities and regular Black individuals on social media.
Kendrick Lamar
The Compton MC has already had top-of-the-line years for a rapper ever so it’s laborious to think about he may do any higher subsequent 12 months.
However he’s already introduced some excellent plans for 2025, together with his nationwide stadium tour with SZA and his Tremendous Bowl Halftime Present in New Orleans.
On his current album, “GNX,” Lamar gave one other peak for what he has deliberate, rapping on “wacced our murals,” “2025 they nonetheless transferring on some scary s**t.”
LL Cool J
LL Cool J made a return to the sales space in 2024, dropping his 14th studio album, “The Drive” in September after being absent from the style since 2013.
When requested by The Commonplace what his plans are for the subsequent 12 months, he gave a novel reply, telling the UK outlet, “I stay my complete life prefer it’s a decision. If you hit the New 12 months’s it’s too late! I don’t do no New 12 months’s resolutions, I make my thoughts up years upfront. When the New 12 months’s come I’ve often been engaged on one thing for 3 years in the past.”
He added, “It’s type of like you may make a decision in the event you’re going to stay to it for the subsequent 10 years. However in the event you’re going to make a decision after which three months later you want a brand new decision then it’s pointless. So the ‘New 12 months, new me’ shouldn’t be the issue it’s that you simply persist with it. [Otherwise] that’s the New 12 months identical me. That’s what we gotta do, get the higher model.”
Mayor Eric Adams
The controversial and often-criticized mayor of New York shared his New 12 months’s resolutions with the New York Submit, giving a really political reply on what he plans to do to enhance town.
He stated, “As we strategy the brand new 12 months, my decision is to proceed decreasing crime throughout our metropolis and making New York a extra inexpensive place to stay for working-class households. This consists of getting initiatives like ‘Axe the Tax for the Working Class’ handed, which is able to get rid of and reduce metropolis revenue taxes for low-income New Yorkers.”
He continued, “I’m additionally dedicated to working with Albany to go the Supportive Interventions Act, which is able to help homeless New Yorkers dwelling with untreated extreme psychological sickness and assist enhance security and high quality of life throughout our metropolis. Lastly, and maybe a bit out of my fingers, I’d like to see the New York Knicks lastly carry house a championship.”
Mercedes Moné
AEW famous person Mercedes Moné spoke solely continued to develop as knowledgeable wrestling star in 2024.
When requested what she needs to do in 2025, she spoke on enhancing issues for different ladies in her occupation, telling The Submit, “This new 12 months, I need to proceed to broaden consciousness and alternatives for feminine wrestlers and feminine athletes generally, globally.”
Different resolutions
Whereas it’s fascinating to know what celebrities have deliberate, regular individuals on Black Twitter all the time have one of the best solutions on the subject of sharing their New 12 months’s resolutions.
Listed here are a few of the finest ones we may discover. Whereas some have been extraordinarily constructive and uplifting, others have been extra pessimistic.