Why I gotta build something beautiful just to go set it on fire? A nice piece of music from a nice guy is a dime a dozen.”

He was very open about who he was and how he was. “He was passionate in a real way,” Brion said of his friend, “Most people have a dumb social ladder they want to climb, but not Malcolm. Following the rapper’s death, Brion dedicated himself entirely to finishing the incomplete Circles out of sheer respect for Miller and admiration for his unique artistic vision. Entitled Circles, the 12-track album and its predecessor were described as two sides of the same coin – “Two different styles complementing each other, completing a circle,” where “swimming in circles was the concept”. As revealed by both Brion and the rapper’s family, Miller had been well into completing a ‘companion album’ to the 2018 Grammy-nominated Swimming at the time of his passing. Produced by iconic composer Jon Brion, and accompanied by an animated video of Miller journeying through fantastic landscapes of lush green fields and deep majestic space, Good News sent shivers down the spine thanks to its unsettling – even prophetic – lyrics in light of the rapper’s tragic demise: “ So tired of being so tired, there’s a whole lot more for me waitin’ on the other side.” Fan response? #MacMiller trended across Twitter for the first time since the rapper’s death in 2018, as people around the globe posted teary selfies while listening to Good News.īut the best news of all was that Good News was just the first taste of things to come.

When Mac Miller’s estate unveiled the rapper’s first posthumous single Good News earlier this month, an entire generation of hip hop lovers collectively lost their mind in a mixture of jubilation and surprise, but also intense grief upon hearing Miller’s voice once again.

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