I basically assumed that I'd have it all together. I held on to clear expectations of where I wanted be in my career, my age, my level of self-care, and my maturity. I”ve always had some make-believe image in my head of who I would be as a father. Scared of the process of staring at myself through a page and seeing someone that I wasn”t proud of. But I think back to that night: praying on the floor at 2am as Tricia went to the bathroom to take the pregnancy test I”d just purchased from Walgreens. It would make for a far more polished and respectable story.
I wish that I could say that I was in a “better place” when I found out the news.
#CLEAN BANDIT GROWING UP MACKLEMORE AND ED SHEERAN FOR FREE#
The tune could catch fire with a lot of new dads who are trying to find their way, just as Macklemore's lyricism is weaving its way to a more humble (if verily simpler) perspective.īelow is the note Macklemore (real name: Ben Haggerty) posted to accompany the song, which is available for free download: As Macklemore says in the post below, “I knew I had to change,” and he's just working through some feelings, delivering them bluntly over a very catchy melody. In short, addressing personal weakness and eliminating overstatement in rap is hard. The subtext here is that Macklemore is trying to “grow up” as he's preparing to help raise his daughter on an unfair planet (“They say girls shouldn't be tough/And moms should raise their kids at home/But baby, I know that that isn't true”), just as he was still grappling with the constrictions and heartache of fame as a rising and yet unsteady star in “Arrows.” “Growing Up” is less like Jay-Z's “Glory,” and more on par with Common's “Retrospect for Life” (featuring Lauryn Hill, amen) or Royce da 5'9″'s “Life”: It's about the reticence of fatherhood, and feeling ill-prepared to raise a child not only because of your own hindrances, but also because of intrinsic racial and gender bias in society. Ed Sheeran's tone-perfect soul croon lifts the weight, along with the moaning and happy horns section. It's earnest as hell, eventually giving way to a listicle of life lessons like a high school graduation speech. “Growing Up (Sloane's Song)” is an ode to Macklemore's two-month-old baby daughter Sloane - but much like the duo's big hit “Same Love,” the song is just as much about Macklemore as it is about the “message” he's trying to portray.Īnd this is generally OK. It’s about seeing the good in something.Macklemore was a guest star on Fences' “Arrows” single last year, but today marks the first time since the rapper and collaborator Ryan Lewis have released new music since they raked in all those Grammys in 2014. “You can always see the light at the end of the tunnel. “Life goes on, no matter what situation you’re in. But I am a better person for going through that. I don’t know if she is alive or dead now because she wants nothing to do with me, and I don’t know why. “I’d been in relationships with guys all before that and I just think I fell in love with the person. It was the first girl I’d ever fallen in love with. “I am over it, but find it sad that one day someone can be everything in your life, then they’re nothing.
The one person you want to talk to, the call you want to make after you’ve left the label is that person, and I couldn’t. She recalls: “I was living my dream and a nightmare at the same time. 15 Jess Glynne and guest at the Warner Music Group & Ciroc Vodka Brit Awards after party in 2016 Credit: Getty - Contributor
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