As long as I can still be creative, I'm geeked. As soon as I learned that I could do things creatively sober, then it was good. Now, I'm excited for every day, which is really great. I spent so many days just waiting for the next one to come. As soon as I felt what it felt like to wake up every day and feel good every morning, I realized how important that was for me. The idea of being 100 percent clear-headed was something I realized I had never done. But this isn't the case for Miller-he'd just "done so much" and got "bored of it all." The notion of having a clear mind for once seemed exciting to him, so he gave it a try.
It's rare for 20-somethings to acknowledge that consuming alcohol and drugs in excess is more than a bad habit, so I expected him to tell some sort of story about going through a dark period. Given that he's only 24 years old, I assumed that this decision came from a substance abuse problem. He explains that "it's taken from a lot of different times in my life and some things that are based off desire and what you're looking and searching for." (This logic can best be explained in the track "Skin" with the lyric "I opened up your legs and go straight for your heart.") The bottom line is that this body of work is all about love, something that Mac believes is a "very powerful emotion."Īt the time of our interview, Miller has been approximately 88 days sober and clean. Miller isn't trying to personify the inspiration behind the album. I think the more words that surround what it means, the more it gets viewed on what I'm trying to do here." "It's pretty simple, but also very complex in its own right. "It's like the divinity of the woman that you're in love with, you know? And it's kind of seeing the whole entire world in her," he says.
(Their jazzy duet "My Favorite Part" is absolutely precious, though.) Many have pointed to Ariana Grande as the muse, but Miller doesn't want listeners to get overly analytical about it.
Miller takes his time, not rushing his answers, except when I ask him one question in particular: "Are you in love right now?" He instantly replies, "Yeah, currently, for sure." His latest full-length album, The Divine Feminine, has been labeled as an ode to a woman. During our interview, he chews on one of the candies while he finds the right words for his responses. And just like the candy comes in so many different flavors, the same can be said about the Pittsburgh-bred rapper who has plenty of "world domination destruction" personas like Larry Fisherman, Larry Lovestein, and Delusional Thomas. When you think about it, Mac Miller is really like a Jolly Rancher-hard on the outside, but really sweet on the inside.
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