Arts & Culture
‘Circles’ and ‘Circles’ — Comparing Post Malone and Mac Miller
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Can people change? This is the theme explored in two vastly different tracks: “Circles” by Post Malone and “Circles” by the late Mac Miller.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/mac-miller/)
Can people change? This is the theme explored in two vastly different tracks: “Circles” by Post Malone and “Circles” by the late Mac Miller.
“I started listening to Mac Miller when I was 10 years old. I’m now 20, writing an article memorializing an artist I literally grew up with.”
This year has made it apparent that Mac Miller is trying to distance himself from Donald Trump in more ways than one. The combination of the chant he uses to get the crowd going when he performs —one of his old mainstays at concerts (“Fuck Donald Trump”) — and his new album’s tone — which is decidedly more Al Green than Beastie Boys — draws a line that he has been trying to mark out for years. Each of his albums has represented a drastic musical shift from those preceding it, and The Divine Feminine is no exception to that trend. The album opens with “Congratulations,” which features both Mac and Bilal singing. If you haven’t heard Mac sing before, you should.