Mac Miller, Butterflies | Song Review

Mac Miller’s musical legacy continues with the smooth, soulful “Butterflies,” from the 10^th Anniversary edition of The Divine Feminine.

[nx_pullquote]“I’ma put you in a mood / Baby girl, them butterflies stick like glue.”[/nx_pullquote] It has been eight years since the talented Mac Miller departed. In 2016, Malcolm James McCormick recorded the platinum-certified album, The Divine Feminine. Posthumously, The Divine Feminine (10^th Anniversary) arrives featuring the previously unreleased song, “Butterflies.” “Butterflies” was written by Miller, Taylor Graves, and Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman. Graves also produced it.

“Butterflies” is nothing short of a vibe from the jump. It’s the bee’s knees – the cat’s meow! It begins with the lush production.  Philly is written all over this one, specifically a romantic, soulful aesthetic.  If you partook of The Divine Feminine, this song perfectly fits the aesthetic; it keeps the same energy. Beyond the top-notch production, Mac Miller is top-notch, impressing with his ultra-smooth vocals. Adding to the excellence, Miller’s storytelling, encompassing L-O-V-E, is marvelous. “Beauty queen, beauty queen, straight out of a movie scene,” he sings in the second verse, and continues, “Touchin’ on your body, I can feel you in a lucid dream.” What more can you say but, ooh-wee?! At the end of the verse, he asks, “Do she love me like I love her? Use me when she need a lover? / Yeah, she got me under her spell, goin’ rounds, ring the bell.”  The chorus is swell – no surprise there!

“Butterflies (Butterflies; Yeah)

Butterflies stick like glue (Butterflies)

Butterflies (Butterflies)

Butterflies stick like glue (Woah).”

Ultimately, Mac Miller’s musical legacy continues, without a hitch, with the smooth, soulful “Butterflies.” What a talent he was.