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Mac Miller's Newly-Leaked "Guitar Case" is a Somber Riff on Depression
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"Guitar Case" is the late rapper's second unreleased track to leak in as many weeks.
Mac Miller's posthumous catalog gained yet another new addition last night.
On the one-year anniversary of the rapper's death, the track "Guitar Case" surfaced on Soundcloud. Similar to last week's leak of "Good News," the track finds Miller in a somber mode, riffing on darkness and depression over traces of twangy guitars and sparse drums.
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"Guitar Case" arrived on the tail-end of a day filled with remembrances and commemorations in digital and physical spaces. Yesterday, his hometown of Pittsburgh saluted the late rapper with a pair of memorials. During the day, fans gathered at the iconic Blue Slide Park, bringing flowers and artwork to a site that lent its name to the rapper's debut studio album. At night, the Miller's longtime touring wingman, ClockworkDJ, threw a memorial show in honor of the rapper.
On social media, there was an outpouring of tributes and memories shared by close friends and collaborators. Thundercat was in a particularly sentimental mood, sharing the story behind surprising Mac at his now superlative Tiny Desk Concert performance for NPR and the changes he inspired in life and after death. Read it below.
\u201cI figured I\u2019d share a story or two about Mac today and some growth with you guys....\u201d— ashy daddy (@ashy daddy) 1567867284
\u201cWell, that @nprmusic tiny desk was as special as you would think it was. I LITERALLY flew into dc while I was in the middle of a tour myself in Europe to do that with him. We performed, and I hopped right back on a plane afterwards.....\u201d— ashy daddy (@ashy daddy) 1567867479
\u201c...so when he turns around and looks at me and laughs after I say \u201cthank you\u201d, it was really genuinely because he was trippin that I just showed up to do that and leave. but it was proof that I would have done just about anything for him lol.\u201d— ashy daddy (@ashy daddy) 1567867610
\u201c...I\u2019m happy I did show up because I\u2019m happy someone caught a snapshot of us in a nutshell. And this is one of my last and lasting impressions of someone that was so close to my heart.\u201d— ashy daddy (@ashy daddy) 1567867760
\u201cAnd on this day, I was coming home to shoot the video for what\u2019s the use with him when I got the horrible news. The night prior. Before he went to sleep, I got the chance to FaceTime him and call him and send him off to sleep and tell him I love him. I\u2019m happy I did...\u201d— ashy daddy (@ashy daddy) 1567867913