Josh Radnor Says Becoming a Musician Has Made Him 'Feel Younger': It Was 'Like I Had Gained a New Superpower' (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Josh Radnor performs in North Hollywood in February 2020.Photo:Ella Hovsepian/Getty

Ella Hovsepian/Getty

Though theHow I Met Your Motherstar, 50, is best known as an actor, director and screenwriter, he’s also an accomplished singer-songwriter, something he tells PEOPLE has been helpful in maintaining a zest for life.

“It’s made me feel younger. When we’re younger, we’re always trying new things, and generally we’re a little braver about sticking with things until maybe we get kind of good at them,” he explains. “And I think when we get older, we’ve isolated our gifts a little bit more, or have them isolated for us, and we stay in a much narrower lane.”

Radnor only picked up a guitar and discovered his talent for songwriting about a decade ago. But, he says, the realization was life-changing. His debut EPOne More Then I’ll Let You Gocame out in 2021, and he released hisdebut albumEulogy, Vol. Itwo years later.Eulogy, Vol. IIwas released in December.

“I felt like I had gained a new superpower,” he says of starting his music career. “I really thought people who wrote songs and played them were a different species, kind of, like a special kind of person I wasn’t. And then when I learned how to do it, I was like, ‘Oh, this is a skill like cooking or learning a new language.’”

Josh Radnor in New York City in March 2024.Theo Wargo/Getty

Theo Wargo/Getty

“This is all this story needs, is a beautiful melody and these words. And when you get the right words with the right melody, there’s no feeling quite like it,” he says. “I’m so proud of the music.How I Met Your Mother, it was like I was playing the violin in the orchestra or whatever, and it’s so nice to be the composer or the conductor.”

The star is set to embark on a tour in support of his latest record starting in April.

“I’ve always been just a huge music fan, and now to be able to create it is just a real thrill,” he says. “Songwriting, there’s really nothing like it. It’s not the only thing I do, but I’m so glad it’s one of the things I do.”

On Monday, Feb. 3, Radnor announced exclusively to PEOPLE that he andHow I Met Your Motherco-creator Craig Thomas arelaunching a new rewatch podcastcalledHow We Made Your Mother.

Josh Radnor; Craig Thomas.Jerod Harris/Getty; John Lamparski/WireImage

Jerod Harris/Getty; John Lamparski/WireImage

The beloved CBS sitcom premiered in September 2005 and aired its finale in March 2014.

source: people.com