Whatever lead to this was not cuz he was in a dark place. My brother was as happy as I’ve ever seen him. Don’t believe what the bullshit internet tells you either. Rest In Peace to the great soul Mac Miller Praying for Mac’s family and that he rest easy ???? #pgh #412 There are no further details as to the cause of his death at this time.” He was a bright light in this world for his family, friends and fans. “Malcolm McCormick, known and adored by fans as Mac Miller, has tragically passed away at the age of 26. UPDATE: The McCormick family has released a statement in light of Mac’s death via Rolling Stone. The Pittsburgh rapper was pronounced dead at his San Fernando Valley home in Los Angeles County, California at around noon on Friday (September 7). It’s like he predicted his own death.Mac Miller has passed away at the age of 26 of an apparent overdose, TMZ reports. One song that sticks out in particular is ‘Perfect Circle/God Speed”.
GO:OD AM though was the complete opposite and the album felt like a cry for help that he was dealing with a lot more then what people knew on the outside. Divine Feminine was mostly love ballads and upbeat as his relationship with Ariana Grande helped craft that album. Once Mac passed I finally dove into GO:OD AM and Divine Feminine. It can’t be easy to burst on the scene when you’re young, sell almost 600,000 copies of your first two studio albums combined and then barely sell 100,000 between your next two. You could feel that he was consistently in his head because his two previous albums didn’t do the numbers the label expected. I’ll do anything for a way out of my head’. The first song on the album, “Come Back To Earth”, has a line ‘I just need a way out of my head. It was raw, there was a lot of pain, and it made him sound so vulnerable. GO:OD AM and Divine Feminine I didn’t even waste my time, but when Swimming came out for some reason I dove right in. I wasn’t the biggest fan of Blue Side Park and Watching Movies With the Sound Off was a whole different creative direction from the getting fucked up, smoking weed, and chilling with friends type of music he used to put out, and I wasn’t interested in it.
Once high school passed I didn’t really listen to Mac. It especially hurts because his last album, “Swimming” was amazing.
But when someone dies who isn’t much older than you and has contributed to a ton of personal memories that one hits differently. I still remember where I was when I got the news that Mac Miller had died. The song “Donald Trump” still brings me back to getting drunk on the weekends in my friends basement with my boys and The Spin was the soundtrack to Senior Week. I grew up with Mac in high school and used to blast K.I.D.S and Best Day Ever in my 1993 Mazda protege with the 12 inch subs in the trunk. It felt weird to see him in the studio recording in the music video. The music video visuals are amazing and trippy especially the end when Mac is walking out of what looks like a plane window as an ode to the cover art of the Swimming album. Circles comes out on January 17th and I’ve never been so excited for an album. “Good News’ has the slow, rhythmic, and melodic beats that Swimming gave us, which seemed to start becoming Mac’s style. The first single from Mac Miller’s posthumous album ‘Circles’ was released today and it didn’t disappoint.