Mac Miller Champions 'Self Care' And Hints At How He's Doing After Breakup With Ariana Grande

2018 hasn't been kind to Mac Miller. In May, Ariana Grande and Miller split and in the aftermath, the Pittsburgh rapper was reportedly arrested for a DUI. Afterward, Grande called the relationship "toxic" immediately after a Twitter user blamed her for Mac's predicament. Right now it seems like the "Cold Summer" MC has something to mention, albeit buried six feet under in a pine box casket.


The Christian Weber-directed music video for "Self Care" pays homage to a scene in Kill Bill 2, where the Bride punches her way out of a shallow grave. Apparently, the metaphor of rising against adversity wasn't lost on Miller. The song reads as Mac attempting to convince himself of the power of self care as he sings, "I'm treatin' me right / Hell yeah, we're gonna be alright." The young rapper admits "I been losin' my mind" as he hints at the underlying cause of his announced DUI — "That Mercedes drove me crazy, I was speedin'."


However, the most potent portion of the song is any time as soon as he briefly explains how he feels soon following the dissolution of a recent relationship — "We play it cool we know we fucked up, yeah / You keep on sayin' you in love, so / Tell me are you really down?" Miller's "Self Care," doesn't sound triumphant in the long-established sense. As an alternative, the song finds Mac working through challenging and tense emotions, as he holes himself up in his crib, while "war outdoors rages on.


"Self Care" produced by Nostxglic, ID Labs & DJ Dahi is a somber affair, however luckily by the videos end, Mac digs himself out of the grave. While in a 2017 interview with W Magazine, Mac talked his sobriety and the weight of being so open with it.


"I’ve spent a good time very sober and right now I’m just, like, living consistently Mac mentioned at the time. "I think it’s essential. I don’t believe in absolute anything, however I think not sharing that kind of intelligence, because it becomes like, 'Oh he’s sober, oh he’s not, oh he has a beer, oh my god.'"


It isn't clear how Mac is doing at this point, although it is inspiring to be able to see him fighting to take care of himself. Swimming drops on August 3 and hopefully will give more updates on how he is coping.