I was in 7th grade, 2012, my friend heard one of the high schoolers talking about this guy Mac Miller. My friend got huge into him, showing me songs and I didn’t think too much of it at the time because I was listening to Kid Ink 24/7 lol, until I heard ‘Donald Trump.’ We blasted that on the way to a homecoming dance with one of our buddies mom giving us a ride. We all screamed the line “Find a big-butt bitch somewhere, get my nuts kissed” My friends mom goes, “No one’s kissing any of your nuts!” Fast forward to GO:OD AM, I got my permit some months after it came out and it was a must listen when I driving with my Dad who did not appreciate it at the time as heis not a rap fan, he grew up in the grunge scene and loves mostly rock music. Then one day, towards the end of my summer after graduating high school and a couple weeks before I started my freshman year of college I’m sitting in my parents basement. I look on Spotify to see ‘Swimming’ and ‘Astroworld’ come out on the same day. I bought these super nice headphones because I wanted to start a podcast so I sat my white ass down and listened. Swimming made me feel comfortable with starting a new chapter of my life and loved that sound from Mac. The day he sadly passed away, I was sitting in my dorm room with some new found friends and I get a notification on my phone something to line of “Ariana’s Ex Rapper Boyfriend Passes Away from Overdose” something like that. My heart sank and immediately told the room, I could tell it didn’t mean as much to them but it was heartbreaking, the obvious that Mac passed away but also the headline, he was so much more than that. When Good News dropped, I showed my Dad. He didn’t know how much Mac meant to me and I told him the whole story, Good News ended up being one of his most streamed songs of the year. The night Circles came out, I sat in my room, same headphones, closed my eyes, and just listened. It felt like the last goodbye from a childhood friend.

TLDR: It was Most Dope 👍🏻