Mac Miller-The Divine Feminine

Mac Miller
The Divine Feminine
Warner Bros. (2016)
By Joe Bofani

The Divine Feminine released September 16th, 2016. The album did not generate any huge media storms when officially announced over the past July. Mac did most of his work perfecting his album rather than promoting it. One could guess from the title of the album that he would be taking a more artistic approach to his album this time. We saw a preview of his new emerging style in his last album, GO:OD AM in 2015. It’s safe to say that The Divine Feminine by Mac Miller showcases the true new sound that Mac has transitioned into within the last few years. His new sound has more soul and feeling in it rather than his Blue Slide Park days, full of being upbeat and more energetic. It is expected from any young artist that they will eventually mature and shed off their old style. It’s not set in stone that Mac will never return to his old style, but he has definitely proven where he is as an artist currently. The Divine Feminine explores the theme of love through a Neo soul approach with classical instruments placed strategically in the background. Most of the songs on the album harbor feelings of the sadness and happiness of love. It’s the type of music someone would listen to on a rainy night’s drive back home. The first song on the album, Congratulations, underscores the tone of the rest of the album. It starts off with a piano playing and a women’s transcendental voice repeating the word love, and then a calm Mac sings about a relationship on its last thread. He then goes on to try and explain to his lover how much he loves her in order to get her back. As stated before, the rest of the album explores similar ideas to this. As a longtime fan of Mac Miller, I would say that I enjoyed The Divine Feminine. It was refreshing and interesting to finally get into Mac Miller’s head, so to speak. Who knows how long he has this type of music to share with us. It doesn’t really matter though, because we should be glad that it has been given to us. The greatest part of The Divine Feminine is that each listener can find their own meaning in each of Mac Miller’s new songs

“The Divine Feminine” is available on iTunes, Spotify and Amazon.