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Circles is the newest album from rapper Mac Miller, who sadly passed away in September 2018. Circles was released posthumously after being started by Miller in 2018, it was released a year and a half later in January 2020. Producer Jon Brion made the decision to complete and release to album despite the rapper’s death. Circles was made as a follow up and a companion to Mac Miller’s 2018 album Swimming which featured hits such as “Self care”, “2009” and “What’s the use?” 

The album’s lead single Good News peaked at number 17 on Billboard’s hot 100, making it Miller’s highest chart single ever. The song is about Miller’s emotions and not feeling the best but the people around him only ever wanting to hear ‘Good News.’ The track is a very simple beat behind it which is really relaxing and easy to listen to but it also makes you focus more on Miller’s lyrics, which I think in a way most, if not everyone can relate to. Good News however has some unfortunate foreshadowing to Miller’s fate in the lyrics which makes it a heart-breaking song to listen to as well. Miller talks about how “there’s a whole lot more waitin’ on the other side” and leads to him wondering what the afterlife will be like and if it will be better that the world he is living in now.

My other favourite tracks on the album include “Blue World” and the title track “Circles.” Blue world has a more upbeat beat behind it and is about the fact that Mac Miller makes his music because he loves it and doesn’t care about his popularity or fame status. Circles is the first and title track of the album. This song has a sad feeling to it as it tells the story of Miller talking about how he just finds himself falling into the same cycle of not knowing his place in life and going round in “circles.”

Overall this album is a personal look into Miller’s emotions and how he sees his world and I think it was important that this was released even after his death and it let fans get closure in a way over the rappers death as they were able to hear in Good News that when is time did come to go to the other side he wouldn’t be scared but instead excited to see what is there for him.