PSYCHOTHERAPIST REACTS to Mac Miller- Self Care
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Another meaningful song that he created would be 2009. He speaks a lot about his mental health.
definitely, and also, Dunno is similar too. pls i need reactions to both of these Tom
Yes
Yoooo! Over here Tom!
Good news would be another great one to react to
A song that consistently makes me cry every time I hear it
Being unable to save himself is a large point of Mac's music that he touches on often. Throughout his music he breaks his own problematic behaviors with a surprising level of self-awareness but constantly touches on the fact that he doesn't know how to correct it. His two latest projects were Swimming and Circles, meant to be a play on Swimming in Circles which relates to his inability to keep himself clean/correct his troubled mental health. I will forever love Mac's music for his honesty and the way he essentially self diagnoses many of his issues. Miss him so much
Nice take! Thanks so much for the comment and insight😊👍
You absolutely hit it on the dot. I will also forever love his music and appreciate how much he evolved and opened up. It's hard to hear his struggles when I've dealt with or am dealing with shit myself. But who isn't. We always do our best to navigate this world with the hand we were dealt. That's it.
Mac Miller 4ever 👍
Spot on. I'm so sad Noone touched on his talents and issues sooner. Maybe he'd still be with us.
@@liamvh14 ruclips.net/video/jtiSAv4VPuQ/видео.html French Montana tried warning Mac that his drug abuse was getting out of hand and Mac laughed it off denying it was a problem.... while drinking from a 2Liter sprite with Codeine in it. People warned him, they were telling him what he knew... he knew the drugs would kill him
I always felt "self care" was sarcastic. He talks about drug use as "self care", driving erratically as "self care". He knows what he's doing is troubling, but he disguises it as self care
exactly
When does he mention that his drug use was " self care"?
@@mrshaneobuenosnodgrass3328 he doesn't but as a former addict, that's exactly what I'd describe my drug use as, "self care" lol
@@cheehee808_ I get it. I'm in recovery too so I can definitely see that.
Now I know that the medicine be on call
Mac Miller is a case study. And it's beautiful. He was constantly evolving. Each album is different. Self Care was off of his last album that was released when he was alive. He also has one posthumous release which isn't much rap at all. There's so much to unpack with Mac. It's really a beautiful story of self-discovery. Lots of metaphors. Just a regular kid from Pittsburgh that loved making music. He played a lot of instruments and produced a lot of stuff, too.
Nice take!!!😊👍
@@ReactionTherapyOfficial He was a musical genius stuck in the 20th century and made an incredibly dope legacy
He had many alter egos as well. He made beats by the name Larry fishermen. Sang r&b type love songs under the name Larry lovestein and rapped the most evil lyrics Under the alter ego delusional Thomas
@@TabletopCabbage2 I never knew that, thanks for the info on him!👍
I live down the street from Taylor Alderdice and Blue Slide Park. You seem to enjoy Mac, Frankie. I love listening to Self-Care as I go through the area. Make sure to visit blue slide park one day.
Some good Mac songs to react to:
1. Good News
2. Happy Birthday
3. 2009
4. Grand Finale
5. Weekend (feat. Miguel)
2009!!
Good news fs
grande finale wow this song is a must
what abt congratulations
Yeah! (Bonus)
Once a day are also good ones
"Like September i fall, down below, cause the medicine be on call"
Guys, he died in September from medicating... this line will always give me shivers. Anybody else notice?
wow
I think he did it to himself
@@nicoleharrington9086 very insane how some people's minds work....
"I don't move my feet when I be gilding" meaning he's so high (probably off a phycidelic) he's gliding through the sky. But in reality he's not moving. Also agree with others about listening to swimming & circles. By far my favorites
Perfect, thanks!😊👍
Probably this, and “i dont move my feet when i be glidin” is probably also a take on moving but going nowhere
Yes could be that or I’m here but my mindset isn’t.
Drugs usage for short
Not a psychedelic. This refers to tranquilizers such as xanax. "I don't move my feet when I be gliding" means he's not even conscious of the fact that he's moving and it just feels like he's sitting still. I can actually relate to this with the few times I used it. In one situation I completely fucked my car up and wasn't even aware of it until the next day. Psychedelics are the opposite. You become, on psychedelics, WAY too aware of where you're going to the point that it drives you temporarily insane. But in my opinion, it's a healthy insanity, so long as it isn't visited too frequently.
Cite: Psychedelics are my drug of choice and I've done almost every drug except heroin meth crack and pcp.
"I could fly home with my eyes closed" he's talking about being flown from LA to Pittsburgh in a coffin to be buried, that's what I think he means by fly home
Never thought of it that way, dope!
It’s all a reference to being stuck in one place or constantly going back to that place despite knowing it’s bad for you “drug addiction”
He’s saying he knows what’s best for him
No one else can tell him that
in his own oblivion it’s hard for anyone to help him but himself
As a former opiate addict, that switch in beats reminds me exactly of when I would be fiending then finally cop a fix. That vibe, It's almost euphoric in that release (cause youre hurtin in withdrawals) and then you fix up and you're so fcked that everything else doesn't matter. Like you know it's bad for you but it feels good in the moment so its acceptable. Pretty sure that's what he's referring to when he's talking about being in "oblivion"
I always felt that with this song, that the beat switch was the drugs hitting finally, and before that he was sober and in mental agony. "It's safe in here, there's still a war outside," always hits me hard as a recovering addict. Inside the small world of the high it seems so safe at the time, reality (the outside) seems like a warzone of fear and mental anguish, the drugs tell him it's a war outside, so he can keep using. In the music video after the beat switch, there's destruction going on around him, but he doesn't care coz he's hight, nothing else matters. That's how I used to feel
Mac is definitely more of a album artist, it’s hard to get the full picture from just one song
The 2nd part of the song is about psychedelics and the fact that in the grand scheme of things nothing matters and we're just a spec in time so live your life and remember you die. In the video he carved remember you die in the casket he was in and broke out of. This reality is just oblivion and energy dancing through itself. We're all just the universe observing itself nothing more or less
Facts, Mac is one of the deepest rappers
His tripping references are always so fucking good. Colors and Shapes another phenomenal track
@@TheScrubDesigns I can't make it through that song without crying it's so fucking beautiful
@Kachow could also be the opposite, oblivion being when he’s sober… either way you put it pretty fucked up. Mac had strong self awareness and I think that’s what still hurts about losing him, knowing that he knew he was fucking up and not doing right but the demons were too loud.
This song was about his battle with addiction in my opinion. Climbing over that wall was the wall of sobriety but the height was too tall so he fell back into addiction, the medicine be on call was referring to how easy it was for him to get drugs. The Gliding line most likely referenced him being high. Check out What’s The Use on Swimming album.
Once a Day, godspeed/perfect circle, come back to earth, small worlds, and 2009 are must hear music from mac.
why everyone forgetting about Dunno, if u havent heard it in a while u need to revisit it now
You NEED to hear more from Mac Miller, he’s the most honest rapper you’ll find, from all perspectives. He helped me get through a lot, I was a fan since the record Blue Slide Park. He was such a star...
Welcome to the world of Mac Miller! To really understand him it would be beneficial to listen to his albums from beginning to end. Each project is its own little story about a piece of his life. Highly recommend The mixtape Faces to see the dark side of his addiction
Songs: Grand Finale, Happy Birthday, Funeral, and Malibu
If I had to pick one album for tom stevens to review it would be faces. Such a deep album. A time in Mac millers career when you see a dramatic change in his sound and lyrics
I am so excited you started with Mac Miller!! He’s my favorite artist of all time. You MUST listen to Swimming & Circles👍
Thanks! We are trying to get everyone covered…can’t wait to do more Mac Miller!😊👍
@@ReactionTherapyOfficial I personally like his style on K.I.D.S and Best Day Ever than on The Divine Feminine, Swimming, and Circles, everyone likes different albums of mac over others, but his sound and style changed every album
To me “I don’t move my feet when I be gliding” is a play on him being “gliding, flying, high” but not actually, physically moving. He’s feeling stationary.
This is has a double meaning, one of the more literal “I’m high, flying (on drugs), sitting here in this physical environment: on a couch, in the studio, etc.”
And,
“I move, progress, ascend in one dimension (music in Mac’s case), but feel stagnant, stuck in another (mental health)”
i love how everybody here just has the same vibe of love and respect for each and every human being, its like macs community feels the same weird kind of mind which tries to spread love all over the world
Feel like “Happy Birthday” by Mac Miller would be the perfect song to help you learn more about Mac milller and get into it! Highly recommend that mac miller song next! Love the channel by the way!!
Faces would be an amazing album for Tom stevens to dive into Mac millers family just allowed it to be re mastered and out on RUclips and Spotify for everyone. It’s definitely an album that’s shows the progression he’s had and begins to experiment and open up about his feelings. Mac didn’t care if the sound was mainstream. It’s kind of a goodbye album a love note to his success. Basically saying look I’ve made it but also really opening up about his addictions for this first time. Personally my favorite album!
I agree completely Collin! Faces is so deep and raw about Macs hardship, pain, depression, and all that. Its also my favorite thing Mac has ever put out as well!
definitely do some songs off of his album faces. there are a lot of songs that dive deep into his psych.
Heavily agree
That and “Best Day Ever” with the music video and that snippet with Mac as a young kid rapping
7:14 the meaning to "i dont move my feet when I be gliding" means how he lets life take him where he thinks it should and have fate decide his way. I also think it might mean when he goes out drunk all the time and can't see where he is driving. even in his hometown when he's high and drunk off of substances it'll still make it challenging for him to come back to his actual home.
thank you so much for uploading on mac miller, you dont know how much this means to me.
Thanks for asking and for watching, my pleasure!😊👍
When he said I can fly home with my eyes closed he meant the fact that at any moment he could be in a coffin on a plane back home
This channel is an addiction. Right as I wanted to go to bed you release a video... well it's already late so I suppose the sleep can wait a while(: keep it up!
R.I.P. Mac Miller
Thanks so much for watching and for supporting 😊👍
I'm super glad you discovered mac miller! His music is phenomenal. Congrats on the growing channel as well! ALMOST 10k!!!! :)
I always get told "you're so self aware", when I do counselling etc, and like yeah, I am. But I don't know what to do with information, and I feel like it gets to me more, because I know I'm doing badly, and I don't know how to fix it. So I relate to this, and Mac, a lot even though his music wasn't really my style
get ready to be famous Doc, this channel is amazing! 💯
Thanks so much!!! I’m loving it and grateful for you!😊👍
RIP Malcolm. Can't help but tear up after knowing what happened. He was asking for help...
He is the definition of being lost but knowing exactly where you at because of how long you've been lost there with no way back home
You should react to another mac miller songs.
I suggest:
- Funeral
- Good News
- So it goes
I feel like the I don’t move my feet when I’m gliding line is referring to him being on a roll in his music career at the time and not metaphorically “stepping back” to all the people he felt were against him at the time
As a psychology student and massive music fan i've found your videos most interesting, especially the Juice Wrld videos as I've recently discovered him and have been trying to work out his demons and how they relate to my own experiences past and present. You backed up and at times filled in gaps in what i've been learning.
Mental health and music go hand in hand so a very interesting combination to see picked apart.
Would love to see some Radiohead covered, especially older tracks like Creep or Paranoid Android (the latter would be more interesting as the music as well as lyrics say a lot about the singer/songwrite Thom Yorke's mind). Nothing as painfully obvious as JW but the pain is very much there in a more subtley expressed way.
Please keep it up, these videos can teach people a lot, especially those who might listen to some of these songs as a way to deal with or identify their emotions. It could teach someone the lessons they need to learn to stay safe or seek help.
Thanks for your reacts so far, much appreciated.
Thanks so much Dan! Good luck with school and thanks for the insightful take on this song. I have Radiohead on the list. Thanks again!😊👍
Best day ever, watching movies, rush hour, good news, 100 grandkids, Cinderella
my thoughts surrounding the second half of the song is that mac was trying to portray the blissfulness of oblivion, in the sounds of the beat and at the final moments you can hear a ticking clock as if its to signify the time hes wasted being high in oblivion.
Mac Miller is my favorite artist
Yessss! More Mac and Juice!
Just discovered your channel and oh my god, you are so on point with your remarks, like this is you coming into mac's music and you picked up the major motifs instantly, never seen someone on first listen pick this much up from this song.
The intro paragraph is all about how high he is. He's hitchhiking but going no where. He could fly home by just closing his eyes because he is so high he literally could imagine it. Hes not hiding or moving his feet yet he is gliding, sliding, and rolling out. He is so high that he is everywhere, nowhere, and right there having never physically left. Its not the self care we all would have loved for him to find but its the self care he knew.
As an addict it’s the oblivion you become ultimately addicted to. The release no matter what your drug of choice might be in the end is all that matters not how you get there.
His last album before he passed has that sort of vibe like he’s saying a message idk 🤷♂️ who else feels that way?
That’s the beauty about Mac Miller. All of his albums have a different message and vibe. They all reflect where he was in life and his struggles. If you want some darker stuff (his best stuff) look into Faces. It was made during his heavy usage part of his life. It has so many deep and impactful lines.
Grand Finale is very dark and telling and open to interpretation along with Happy Birthday and Godspeed. They were a few of many of his cries for help and very moving.
I just love to see other people smile at his music. I do the same thing and hearing/seeing people listen to him for the first time is one of my favorite things.
The video for this song came out on the day before he died, rip Mac Miller 🙏
Mac was just beginning to show us his musical abilities he was so much more than just a "frat rapper"
The whole song is a metaphor packed with more metaphors. He’s a full blow drug addict who’s decided that getting high (self care) is the only way to “be good” he don’t walk he glided cause he’s “high” he doesn’t mean actual hitch hiking it’s a reference to flying home (in his mind) instead he hitch hikes through the thoughts not knowing where it will go. “I got all the time in the world” for now I’ll stay in oblivion (high)
You've gotta be the most open minded boomer i've seen. Keep going.
Also, the visual aid of the music video provides a lot of the meaning.
i would recommend watching the video to this song its incredible
Good News by Mac Miller another great lyric heavy song
thanks for reacting to this. this album on repeat is therapy
This one hits another level of emotion when you see the video
Was about to ask you to do Mac miller. Specifically faces mixtape. Let’s go
Love the channel!
Thanks so much for supporting 😊👍
The thing I take away from this song is that: life and all its difficulties will always way a toll on you, and you can go out, on an adventure, distract yourself "hitch hike" and glide through society through whatever means you have, such as drugs. This is the self care we do to distract ourselves from whatever is hurting us. And we may get lost out in oblivion, and stray to far in the distraction we have made, but at least we know we can always head back home eventually, but the longer we are stuck out there... the more closed our eyes and our mind becomes, making it difficult. And when we return to life's difficulties at least we know that it's a beautiful feeling out there in oblivion where we can be care free. Don't let oblivion become too addictive, climb over that wall!
Red moonlight has a lot of bible references
This channel is awesome you cover so many great artists
"I don't move my feet when I be gliding." I can tell you what that means to me. Gliding is just gliding through life, taking things leisurely. I don't move my feet, that's an inconvenience. I just sit back and allow life to happen to me. I glide, I slide. I get places, but I don't make an effort in doing so. I think this aligns well with the front half of this song, since he is talking about doing "self care", but what he's really doing is just taking life easy. He's being nice to himself. Whether that is truly 'self care' is the question.
Another great reaction, you are rapidly becoming my favorite RUclips channel lol. This is not even scratching the surface of mac Miller. I highly recommend more if his music. Some particularly good ones for this channel might be :
- perfect circle/ Godspeed
- here we go
- good news
..and so many more.
Keep up the good work!!
This is probably not the definition, but it is my interpretation: :”I don’t move my feet when I be gliding” I think it could mean that when Mac felt he was progressing in life, he was looking around and thinking/reflecting. It could also mean that when he is high/gliding he is stuck at the same spot/doesn’t move his feet.
I appreciate you reacting to Mac. He is a big inspiration for me, so I always find it interesting to se other peoples interpretations of his music
When he says self care. He means he’s taking drugs to treat himself and oblivion is him trapped in his mind. He’s saying he could spend all that time in his head but what good does that do him.
Please more Mac Miller. He's so deep. Definitely one of the best ever
We need more Mac Miller!! Thanks for the videos
"He needs someone to save him from himself" XD that one got me
Jet fuel is a great song to learn more about him
Listen to his posthumous record "Circles". As a psychotherapist, I think you will appreciate his self-reflection and acknowledgment. It really is a masterpiece
Yesssss. The perfect circle
This whole album is about his addiction. The beat change is symbolic of him getting high and being in oblivion, the best thing that has happened to him but also his ultimate end. Gliding means he is high. Home is where he is when he gets high and the hitchhiking means that he doesn't care how he gets to the destination. He ended up dying over the pressed pill. He would do whatever it took to get high, the destination. There is more, but imma leave it at that. RIP dont trip, life can be hard, but we can make it
“I got all the time in the world, so for now I’m just chillin”
RIP
I just commented last night and you reallydid it! Thank u 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 u da man!
Thanks so much! I’m trying to get them all out, glad you enjoyed it!😊👍
It's like the first half is him trying to convince himself to not do the drugs and get self care, and the second half is him giving in and feeling that oblivion
Mac is saying that he can see himself dead from the lyrics "I could fly home with my eyes closed but it kinda hard to see, that's no surprise though" and he is saying that you can find him easily at his funeral " And you can find me, I ain't hiding" and lastly for "I don't move my feet when I be gliding and I just slide in and then I roll out" that's when he is buried.
Somebody tell this guy that there are actual music VIDEOS for half these songs he reacts to. LOL
Wish I could play them without getting the copyright strike😂👍
Love to see Mac and Juice on here:)
Please react to sometimes by juice!
When the beat drop Doc Nodding
That's Mac, Rest With God. Amen
I love your reactions btw. I think watching the actual music video to this song would have given you more insight.
Thanks for the comment and compliment! That means a lot😊👍
Perfect circle/godspeed might be the most perfect song for you ever
I feel like his awareness that his life was only a matter of time was what he meant by “I don’t move my feet when I be glidin’”. As in the hand on a clock glides upon the passage of time.
"Good news" is an absolute must react by Mac. So much to unpack in that song. Also the first song of his to be released posthumously.
The song directly following this in his album swimming is "Wings". Perfect for your channel.
Listen to Circles by Mac not the album but the actual song. It’s really short, shorter than what Mac usually does because he passed before he could finish it. But the little amount he got was so touching you could honestly hear how troubled he was with his substance abuse and how he couldn’t stop even though he tried. I’d love to hear you break it down please!!
One of his greatest songs to me
I don't move my feet when I be gliding - means he's depressed, he doesn't go anywhere he just does things.
I just slide in - he shows up somewhere -
Then I roll out - he gets high
Awesome reaction!!
Thank you!!😊👍
He also uses oblivion as "far away" to explain how good it feels when hes high
Knowing that "gliding", "flying", and "oblivion" are all different ways he explained being high
I think Mac is saying his form of “self care” is “hitchhiking” aka doing dangerous things (drugs) and not knowing where he will go or if he will make it out alive. Then it switches to the oblivion part of the song because he’s saying he ended up in oblivion..way out there and not able to come back. I would love your analysis on Mac Millers song - “yeah”. Thank you for the reaction, it was great!
On his breakout project KIDS (titled after the movie and changed to the acronym Kickin Incredibly Dope Shit) Mac talked about the wall being his rise to fame saying that he’s going to reach it and go over it. Now he’s saying the wall was too tall and his own demons have lead him to fall back down.
Thank you so much I'm so happy you did this video Mac Miller is my favorite artist and has helped me with his music so much! I love the videos thank you for your work!
I'd reccomend So it Goes or Good News by Mac Miller, they are a very interesting take on his feelings.
I just discovered your channel through mac miller song reactions. Love your work. In my opinion , the albums Ladders and then Circles every song musically I believe you'd love but lyrically you would be able to go deep into his writing. Can't wait for more...
The music video not the lyric video makes the most sense with the lyrics. He's digging his way out of a coffin after etching Memento Mori (remember that you will d*e) in the underside of the coffin before breaking free and unburying himself. Very metaphorical and really upsetting foreshadowing.
been a longtime fan of mac and u still dropped some knowledge on the lyrics.
You don't have to know his story to know this song, I can decipher this whole song for you
“I don’t move my feet when I be gliding” he’s made a better life for himself and he isn’t afraid to show it, almost like he’s not going to fidget around peoples opinions when he’s flying so high
The music video that goes with this is deep too
I think for this one watching the official video would have added much to the experience and possibly have given you a little more insight on who he is
I need to do that!👍
Yes u need to see how metaphorical the video of this is.
Good News - Mac Miller next 👍
by the way your right with this being a hidden message in his music. in the lyrics "climbing over that wall yes I remember
yes I remember
yes I remember it all
swear the heights be too tall so like september I fall."
its a reference of Ariana grandes song reference where in the song "my favorite part" it divides them both with 2 walls. meaning he's too far gone to save himself for her.
furthermore,
"its feeling like you hot enough to melt yeah,
can't trust no one cant even trust yourself, yeah
I love you I dont love nobody else, yeah"
hot enough to melt part meaning part of drug withdrawals and not being able to control himself with substance abuse. While still reminiscing his past relationship with Ariana. one more thing. if you check out the music video you will see he carves "memento mori" in the coffin. in Latin in means "remember death" symbolic for remember you must die. then at the end of the video he explodes out of the coffin flying up then down after breaking free. but sadly true to "like september I fall" part he died in september over apparent drug overdose.
“I don’t move my feet when I be glidin’” -
I take that as he feels like he’s gliding when he’s just sitting back and he’s high. Not physically moving, but moving through a mental adventure.
He’s an incredible artist, gotta check out God Speed and once a day. 2 of my favorites. Also, 2009 is a really good one
the Mercedes line is in reference to when he got a DUI from wrecking his G Wagon drunk
Now I get it, thanks for letting me know😊👍
This song was last song released before he died and it shows how his deal with the d3vil is over and he knows he's about to die.
How I see some lines in Self care is: "I could fly home, with my eyes closed. But it be kinda hard to see, that's no surprise though" - when you're so high you can imagine yourself flying home (with your eyes closed) and it would be hard to see because it's in his trip. Also the reference to oblivion in the ending parts imo means the "thoughtless" state whilst using drugs, aka being in oblivion. ^^