![]() ![]() What do you think you’ll be like when you’re older? No, it’s fantasy, but it’s loosely based on reality. So these are real people, not just part of your narrative fantasy? And my dad also had a friend named Terry that had a dog whose name was either cokehead or shithead, who was also a very lamentable figure. But my mom tells the story where I think he was a crack user like a heavy sketchy carpenter dude, and he would come over, and I don’t remember doing this but my mom said I would go to the window when a car would pull up and usually it would be “oh what’s up! Some- one’s here!” but for Rick I would look out and see him and say “uh oh, it’s Rick”. And I was so young that I don’t really remember. My dad had a friend named Rick when I was growing up. Cause, ok here’s the story of those names. Do you lament getting older or do you aspire to these rugged portraits that you create? You seem like a pretty tender guy, but there seems to be a lot of un-tender, older male figures in your lyrics, like Rick and Terry for example. I would like to congratulate you for all your success at the Grammy’s, including your win over Kendrick Lamar for best Rap album of the year. Regardless of which side of Mac you relate with, it’s never a bore to visit his bedroom-cum-Shangri-La that is so seamlessly portrayed in his oddly personal music. ![]() What results from this process grants DeMarco the freedom to dole out healthy doses of reality while remaining dreamy to the ear. ![]() The hermetic time he spends recording in his bedroom studio between touring stints suggests that his music is the result of a covertly deep meditation on memory and self-improvement, while he explores the fringes of the retro pop paradigm. Despite his rowdy public persona and onstage antics, there is a subterranean Mac that is more thoughtful, analytical, and reflective than some may assume. On the verge of the release of his new album, Salad Days, I had the pleasure of speaking with Mac DeMarco from his bedroom in Brooklyn, a zone that seems to hold a profound importance to him and his craft. ![]()
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