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The preview, available on Spotify's YouTube channel, includes a scene in which Springsteen and Obama discuss some issues they had with their fathers.

\"My father was silent most of the time. He was not communicative,\" Springsteen says. \"I grew up thinking, you know, my father was, like, ashamed of his family. That was was my entire picture of masculinity.\"

Obama then shares, \"So my father leaves when I'm two, and I don't meet him until I'm 10 years old, when he comes to visit for a month. I have no way to connect to the guy. You know…he's a stranger who's suddenly in our house.\"

In another segment, Springsteen recalls that he bought his first guitar for $18, and that he then started learning some Beatles songs.

When Obama asks him how his parents reacted, the legendary singer-songwriter says, mimicking them, \"Turn it down!\"

\"Renegades: Born in the USA\" was produced by Obama and wife Michelle's new High Ground Productions company.

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