The dramatic moment captured on dashcam video. Nope, he’s perfectly fine appealing to the audience who loves him for being the unabashed geek that he is. 2 hours ago &0183 &32 A Kia Soul was launched 10 feet into the air while driving down a Los Angeles highway after a loose wheel from a widening pickup truck plowed into it. What we’ve learned from “Growing Up” is that Macklemore has no interest in going after the people who will never like him. He’s turned his uncoolness into something a lot of people can relate to. Macklemore is decidedly uncool, and that’s probably how it always will be. Likewise, if you saw Macklemore perform “Same Love” at the Grammys and thought “pfft, can you BELIEVE this guy?!” this song isn’t going to move the needle at all. If you’re favorite tracks on The Heist were the honest confessionals of “Neon Cathedral” and “Staring Over,” you’ll probably love this one.
“Growing Up” is unlikely to change anyone’s opinion of Macklemore. That’s why, for many hip-hop heads, this song, among many of his others, will come across like (as Slate put it), a “masterclass in corniness.” Now, authenticity is generally valued in hip-hop, but not when it comes with such an immense dosage of syrup, no matter how organic that syrup might be (and, let’s be clear, Macklemore definitely gets his syrup from Trader Joe’s). No song in the Macklemore canon is more heart-on-sleeve-y than “Growing Up.” There’s not a trace of irony or detachment to be found anywhere on it. Macklemore is a dork, but that ends up being part of his appeal because, well, a lot of people (myself included) are dorks. Remember, for all the people who cringe at Marcus Mumford’s ultra-sincere wailing on tracks like “I Will Wait” or “White Blank Page,” there are thousands more who bought his albums because they felt he was speaking from the heart. To put it another way, he’s the Mumford & Sons of hip-hop.īut while that leads to a lot of disdain for Macklemore, it’s also the biggest reason people like him. He’s a little too sincere for his own good, sometimes. If you’ve ever wondered why so many people aim such a disproportionate amount of rage at Macklemore, well, part of it is because he somehow beat Kendrick, Kanye, Drake, and Jay Z for Best Rap Album at the 2014 Grammys, but a lot of it is because the guy just seems like a huge dork. The song very endearingly speaks about how proud he is to be a father and how he would do everything in his power to turn her into a good human being. Still, the song’s earnestness doesn’t make it any less corny, and vice versa.Īll of this is to say “Growing Up” is the quintessential Macklemore song. The new song Growing Up speaks about the latest beautiful addition to Macklemore family-baby Sloane-Macklemore and his wife’s newborn baby. I mean, he tells his daughter to read The Alchemist and do yoga! I assume the part in which he tells her that fall is the best season because of the omnipresence of pumpkin-spice lattes from Starbucks was cut for time. It’s also one of the cheesiest songs I’ve ever head in my life. “Growing Up” is a heartwarming, tear-jerking work of a troubled man confronted with the prospect of being a parent, who is both delighted and frightened by this news. Depending on who you asked, the song was either a touching ode to new fatherhood, or it was the most schmaltzy, cornball song this side of “ Butterfly Kisses.” So, which side is right? The answer, counter-intuitive though it may seem, is both. Reaction to the single was decidedly mixed. “I’ll be patient one more month/You’ll wrap your fingers around my thumb,” Sheeran sings, “Time’s are changing, I know/But who am I if I’m the person you become, if I’m still growing up/I’m still growing up.After a lengthy sabbatical, Macklemore returned to the hip-hop fold on Wednesday with his new single “Growing Up (Sloan’s Song),” a collaboration with Ed Sheeran that discusses the birth of his daughter. Fans of “Same Love” will note the similar vibe here, with the Seattle rapper dispensing life advice to his young daughter in the verses and Sheeran sliding in for the inclusive chorus. Indeed, the new track is not a party-starter in the vein of “Can’t Hold Us” or “Thrift Shop,” but instead a reflective ode to Macklemore’s infant daughter, Sloane Ava Simone Haggerty, who was born on May 29. “Growing Up” is not the first official single from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ follow-up to The Heist, but rather a “personal moment of expression,” a rep for the group tells Billboard.
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5) at noon ET, and is being streamed and offered as a free download on the group’s website. “Growing Up (Sloane's Song),” featuring Ed Sheeran, was released on Wednesday (Aug. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have returned with the first droplet of new music since the duo’s massive 2012 debut The Heist.
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