Making an attempt to balance this unorthodox lifestyle alters ones perception of time making an attempt to grind out the work day and to merely consume in order to forget once Friday arrives. Keep me healthy, keep it lowest you can help me“ Living each night as though it is your last just to feel something emotionally, attempting to escape from ones woes. Mac is describing the feeling of going through the motions weekend in, weekend out. “ Fucking bitches and getting drunk as shit After an undefined amount of time these feelings can fade at increasing speeds. Losing oneself to short spurts of happiness through the vessel of drugs and alcohol further develop the spiraling nature of this mentality. I been broken hearted and I was fuck that bitchįucking bitches and getting drunk as shit.“Īnecdotes of suffering from emotional distress are common throughout the piece with the self diagnosed drugs, alcohol, and women being the only cure. Mac transitions from the instrumental introduction and begins a grim tale of an individual struggling with emotional baggage that utilizes drugs and alcohol to numb the pain. The audience is then transported to an alleyway where Mac slowly approaches the camera while strolling in front of a vehicle, the only thing pushing him forward is the beat. The cars passing by as time does, only catching a glimpse of them as they pass by, similar to how each hour of each day passes us by until it accumulates into days, weeks, and years. Cars fly by as the audience is provided with a birds eye view of a darkened interstate, perhaps symbolizing the monotony of daily life with time often sailing forth dramatically as workers fixate on the weekend. The music video begins with an ensemble of mysterious tones and quick cuts to inform audience members of what’s to come.Īfter a short introduction the melodic undertone of the song fills the eardrums as cascading trumpets hover about, laying the framework for Miller’s verse. Mac Miller and Miguel join forces in their single, Weekend which was included on Mac’s 2015 album GO:OD AM as track number 7. Are we hoping for relaxation or just a change of pace? Moments of relaxation and good times with friends and family distract us from the work at hand. What is it about the weekend that intrigues the mind as we continue with our daily responsibilities. The goal weekday warriors steadily approach each and everyday in the perilous journey that is the work grind.
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