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Dissect

S9E13 - Good News by Mac Miller

Dissect

Cole Cuchna

Music, Arts, Society & Culture

4.9 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We resume our analysis of Mac Miller’s Circles with its beautiful lead single “Good News.” Follow Dissect on Tiktok, Instagram, and Twitter. This season includes discussion of substance misuse and addiction. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

When it was announced there would be a new Mac Miller album released posthumously in January of 2020, over a year after his passing,

0:10.0

Mac's family and team inherently faced a question.

0:13.0

What's the first thing you want Mac to say from beyond?

0:16.0

How do you best introduce the world to the world of circles?

0:20.0

Well, how about a song that is unlike anything we've ever heard from Mac Miller?

0:24.3

A song that immediately makes clear that Circles isn't some random compilation of song scraps

0:29.4

and half-baked ideas, that it is rather a body of work the world needed, a work that contains some of

0:35.2

a most honest, most intimate, most beautiful art he's ever created. From Spotify, I'm Cole Kishna, and this is Dissecht. Long-form musical analysis broken into short digestible episodes. Today we continue our serialized examination

0:54.2

of Macmiller circles with its lead single,

0:56.4

Good News. Oh, And the Spark your creativity with the Sims. Sometimes you might feel like you're not

1:30.0

creative spark again. Maybe this is catching up with creative friends,

1:36.4

experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe and thanks to the Sims

1:40.8

inspiration is just one game and one spark away.

1:45.0

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1:50.0

This episode is brought to you by Ugg. Winter is yours to explore.

1:57.0

You're free to play, achieve, chill, to express yourself in clothing and shoes that make you feel good inside and out.

2:04.4

Uxney Winter Lifestyle Collection has the styles you need to go out and be you.

2:08.7

From iconic Ugg boots and cold weather wardrobe Accessories, and more.

2:13.0

Dream a New Winter.

2:14.8

Feels like Ugg!

2:15.9

Shrop the New Winter Lifestyle Collection at Ugg.com. You're going to be. Good news was written and produced by Mac Miller and John Bryan.

2:41.8

According to Bryan, the song was one of the more collaborative

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