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I have a really amazing little fan base who follows me like you mean I take you through a lot of different emotions you mean like I've had fun

in my music I've had fun in my music, I've been very depressed in my music, I'm in love in my music and it's like,

because I'm a human being, so I go through all those emotions and my least

favorite thing that anyone does is when they're going through something

personally but making music that doesn't match that. Like I hate that. Like if you're sad, bro, like be sad.

Be sad. It's cool. If you're not sad, don't be sad. You know what I mean? Because I think there's a big like... Many of us love Mac Miller because of his honesty because of his

transparent expression of emotions as he says if you're sad be sad

whatever you are feel it And this is what Mack wanted to build with his art,

an open, fluid model of himself and the wide-ranging emotions that he feels so that others could

explore those emotions with him.

Indeed, if there's one thing we can count on in the music of Mac Miller

is that he's going to tell us exactly how he feels. From Spotify, I'm Cole Kishna, and this is Dissect, long-form musical analysis broken into short

digestible episodes.

Today we continue our serialized examination

on Mac Miller swimming with its second track, Hurt Feelings. Oh, A swimming's opening track, Mac brought us back to Earth and ushered us into the open waters in which the album is set.

Favering fluid ambient textures and water-inspired guitars, come back to Earth notably contains no drums. and as such

such there's a noticeable absence of forward momentum.

Rather the stillness and calm allows us to drift about in the waters

adapting to our new surroundings.

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