On “Buttons,” Mac alludes to isolating himself. Mac Miller Reflects On Career, Addiction & Rap Identity In Revealing Mini-Doc (Video) The song also alludes to thinning out his circle and growing up from the party lifestyle that had been front-and-center since “mixtape Mac.” However, he seemingly addresses he’s current lifestyle and some deeper feelings across three just-released songs: “Buttons,” “Small Worlds,” and “Programs.” In presentation and style, these records break from Miller’s recent sound and return him to the Watching Movies With The Sound Off period that garnered him serious attention as an MC and producer.Ī lover of the abstract, Miller says a lot with lines like the opener to “Programs”: “ I don’t got a reason to lie / They gave me the key to the sky / But I’d rather open my eyes / ‘Cause that’s what’ll keep me alive / Somethin’ that’s easin’ my mind / Please do not f*ck up my day / Everybody want a headline, I don’t got nothin’ to say / ‘Cept I’m comin’ back with the freshness / You know I love makin’ an entrance / Now now, don’t get defensive / Time is a matter of seconds,” he raps, possibly referencing the recent gossip and his time away from releasing music.

Mac Miller Has Taken His Music To A New Place. The singer with a #3 charting breakup song “No Tears Left To Cry” is in the midst of marketing her fourth studio LP.

Early collaborator-turned-girlfriend Ariana Grande confirmed that the pair had split, and suggested that her former partner’s lack of sobriety was a cause. In recent weeks, Mac Miller’s name has been in gossip headlines. A once prolific production career (as “Larry Fisherman”) also went on hiatus in 2017. Since then, Miller checked in with DJ Kay Slay alongside Kendrick Lamar and Kevin Gates on “Cold Summer,” in addition to spots with Thundercat and DJ Carnage. The Los Angeles, California-based Pittsburgher In late 2016, the REMember Music founder released The Divine Feminine, an LP that stands as some of Mac’s most original and best work in a career filled with artistic evolution.

Mac Miller has been unseasonably quiet for more than a year.

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