He’s poked fun of her merciless honesty in a series of TikTok videos, but he says she’s equally blunt when the camera is off. The extended hiatus gave Macklemore the opportunity to fine-tune every song, and get detailed notes from his seven-year-old daughter, Sloane. I didn’t want to put out an album where I couldn’t do that.” There’s no better feeling as a performer. “The best way to experience that with people is to get in front of them and watch them sing the words back to you. “Songs belong to everyone once you put them out in the world,” he says. He originally hoped to get music out years ago, but he couldn’t imagine putting songs out that he couldn’t play in front of an audience. “Chant” is the first preview of a project Macklemore has been working on since shortly before Covid hit, working largely out of his house. “I wanted to challenge myself, get through moments of writer’s block, and capture the spirit of what it’s like to overcome something, push through it, and get up the next day and do it again.” “This song is a bit of a rebirth,” Macklemore tells Rolling Stone from his home in Seattle. If Macklemore Is Serious About Making an Album About Magic Then I, For One, Am Into It Watch Macklemore Perform 'It's Christmas Time' on 'Ellen' Pearl Jam, Ben Gibbard Lead 'All In WA' Virtual COVID-19 Relief Concert Lineup
During that time, he endured a brief relapse after 16 years of sobriety, along with the lingering effects of his split with longtime producer Ryan Lewis, and the backlash they faced after beating out Kendrick Lamar for Best Rap Album in 2014. But it’s been five long years since his last record, the commercially underwhelming Gemini. This might be a surprising sentiment for an artist who’s racked up billions of streams over the past decade, headlined huge concerts all across the globe, and won major awards. “They told me that I had it/They told me that I’m gone…They can’t take my talent/They can’t take my stripes.” “They told me that I vanished,” he raps in his opening lines. The video for Macklemore’s new single “Chant” begins with the rapper rising out of a misty lake and directly addressing his deepest insecurities. Macklemore-2022-1800 - Credit: Jake Magraw
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