It’s been nearly two years since Mac Miller’s tragic death and it seems like it still weighs heavily on Ariana Grande, who gave a surprisingly open and emotional tribute to her ex-boyfriend’s legacy.
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Appearing on Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio show, Ariana Grande chatted to host Zane Lowe about her various music projects and her adoration for Rihanna’s Anti before seguing into a discussion about her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller and the legacy he left behind following his premature death in 2018.
The singer had nothing but the highest of compliments for Mac’s music. Perhaps the most notable moment of Ariana’s chat with Zane was how her voice noticeably cracked as she commented on Mac’s qualities.
“He was a person who gave literally every single second of his thoughts and time and life to music. And I think that is so evident in what he has left us with and just how many incredible and different bodies of work.
“It’s just such a beautiful gift that he kind of touched the world with and I think the thing he’d want most is for us to just appreciate it and not forget about it.”
Having become friends back in 2013 before working their way through a relationship where they became lovers to amicable exes, Ariana Grande’s history with Mac Miller means it’ll be difficult to talk about one of them without referencing the other.
This is one of the very rare times where Ariana actually spoke about Mac after his death and based on how emotional she got when paying tribute to him, it seems like the wound is still fresh even after all this time.
Ariana Grande may have since moved on with a Pete Davidson lookalike, but there’s no denying that Mac Miller will forever remain an important person to her.
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