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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 65543" data-attributes="member: 81">10 years ago, radio stations were always repeating a song with an immediately recognizable intro: “What, what / What, what,” followed by an infectious saxophone melody that led into the song — “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Though <a href="https://uproxx.com/shows/peoples-party-with-talib-kweli/talib-kweli-macklemore-talk-the-heist-ryan-lewis-activism-and-indie-rap/" target="_blank">Macklemore</a>‘s momentum has obviously slowed since that unimaginable height, he’s back today with the song “Maniac” featuring Windser.“Maniac” is a surprisingly gentle pop track with wholesome lyrics: “I fell in love with her moonwalk / Dancing in the kitchen in her tube socks,” he raps, his verses cushioned in between Windser’s delicately-sung choruses. The old-timey, green music video adds to the pretty atmosphere of the song, especially with the brief <a href="https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-nardwuar-joni-mitchell/" target="_blank">Nardwuar</a> cameo.Last year, Macklemore <a href="https://uproxx.com/culture/macklemore-addiction-peoples-party/" target="_blank">opened up about his struggles with addiction</a>. “I didn’t even know it was a disease at the beginning, I went for years like ‘why can I not f*cking stop, why can I not drink and smoke like my friends,” he said. “Why when I wake up is that the first thing I’m thinking about…’ I didn’t know that there was a community that was there to support and love me unconditionally that had the same f*cking disease.”Watch the video for his new song “Maniac” above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/macklemore-windser-maniac-video/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 65543, member: 81"] 10 years ago, radio stations were always repeating a song with an immediately recognizable intro: “What, what / What, what,” followed by an infectious saxophone melody that led into the song — “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. Though [URL='https://uproxx.com/shows/peoples-party-with-talib-kweli/talib-kweli-macklemore-talk-the-heist-ryan-lewis-activism-and-indie-rap/']Macklemore[/URL]‘s momentum has obviously slowed since that unimaginable height, he’s back today with the song “Maniac” featuring Windser. “Maniac” is a surprisingly gentle pop track with wholesome lyrics: “I fell in love with her moonwalk / Dancing in the kitchen in her tube socks,” he raps, his verses cushioned in between Windser’s delicately-sung choruses. The old-timey, green music video adds to the pretty atmosphere of the song, especially with the brief [URL='https://uproxx.com/pop/harry-styles-nardwuar-joni-mitchell/']Nardwuar[/URL] cameo. Last year, Macklemore [URL='https://uproxx.com/culture/macklemore-addiction-peoples-party/']opened up about his struggles with addiction[/URL]. “I didn’t even know it was a disease at the beginning, I went for years like ‘why can I not f*cking stop, why can I not drink and smoke like my friends,” he said. “Why when I wake up is that the first thing I’m thinking about…’ I didn’t know that there was a community that was there to support and love me unconditionally that had the same f*cking disease.” Watch the video for his new song “Maniac” above. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/macklemore-windser-maniac-video/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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