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Mac Miller is continuing to make his media circuit rounds in support of his recent GO:OD AM album. He recently sat down with Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest and Frannie Kelley for their “Microphone Check” show on NPR for an in-depth discussion about beginnings, self-confidence, feeding off of the crowd’s energy, future goals, and much more.
During the trio’s hour-long conversation, Muhammad and Kelley asked Miller about his growing crowd sizes on tour and the difference between intimate crowds and larger ones, which reminded him of a different story a time in 2010 when he got a Boston music festival shut down for good. “There was this thing in Boston called the Boston Urban Music Festival that they don’t do anymore,” explained Miller. “The record for the most people that had ever gone there was like 25,000 or something, and we had 25,000 people there four hours before I went on stage. By the time I hit the stage it was 60,000 people.”
Miller admitted that he later received a letter from the Mayor saying, “We’re never doing that again.” But either way, Mac Miller continues to be grateful to each fan that comes out to see him. “I don’t think I’ve ever came out to a show, whether it be 600 people or 60,000 and not — I’ve never not been blown away by people’s reaction to the music.”
Mac Miller also went on to compare his life to Harold and the Purple Crayon—the popular children’s book about a child who draws his own reality. Also going on to explain the importance of self-confidence, “It’s OK to feel yourself a little bit. There’s nothing wrong with that. It’s healthy,” said Miller. “But I think it’s OK to spend time on both sides. I think if you’re always feeling yourself, I don’t trust that. Cause that’s not true. And if you’re always self-deprecating, that’s very real, but I don’t think — I don’t think either are healthy.”
Listen to the full, hour-long interview below.
