<p id=”par-1_44″>Mac Miller and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/ariana-grande/?swcfpc=1″>Ariana Grande</a> dated for several years and collaborated on several <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/music/”>songs</a>. Miller recruited Grande to appear on a song on his album <em>The Divine Feminine</em>. He spoke very highly of her vocals on the song, even comparing her to Michael Jackson. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-mac-miller-said-ariana-grande-s-vocals-impressed-him-on-a-song”>Mac Miller said Ariana Grande’s vocals impressed him on a song</h2>
<p id=”par-2_36″>Grande and Miller collaborated on the song “My Favorite Part” on the latter’s album, <em>The Divine Feminine</em>. He appreciated the fact it didn’t sound much like her 2013 song “The Way,” on which <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ariana-grande-collaborations-mac-miller-top-hits.html/”>they also collaborated</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-3_77″>“I reached out to her and said I wanted her to be a part of the album,” he told <a href=”https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/mac-miller-on-lounge-singer-makeover-working-with-ariana-grande-119005/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Rolling Stone</a> in 2016. “It’s just like the whole thing with Kendrick [Lamar]: When you hear me and Kendrick are on a song, you think it’s gonna be Kendrick rapping. When you think me and Ariana on a song, you’re gonna think ‘Oh, this is like “The Way.” It’s gonna be some big pop song.’ But it’s not.”</p>
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<p id=”par-4_15″>He said Grande’s vocals on the song astonished him. He even compared her to Jackson.</p>
<p id=”par-5_70″>“Like I said, people are so much more capable and can do so much more than what their quote-unquote identity has them listed as,” he said. “If you give her any canvas to paint on she’s going to paint a very beautiful picture. That was a song I felt like her voice would be awesome on and she killed it. She hits that Michael Jackson run and it’s like, ‘Oh!’”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-mac-miller-and-ariana-grande-worked-together-on-her-song-the-way”>Mac Miller and Ariana Grande worked together on her song ‘The Way’</h2>
<p id=”par-6_15″>Grande and Miller also worked together on “The Way.” Miller felt enthusiastic about the song.</p>
<p id=”par-7_77″>“[Producer Harmony Samuels] played me ‘The Way,’ and I said, ‘Oh, that’s it. We have to do that one — that’s what we have to go with,’” Grande told <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ariana-grande-talks-breakout-hit-the-way-watch-new-music-video-1554921/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard</a>. “I cut my vocal on it, and then Mac and I had been hanging out for a while at that point, and I was like, ‘I really want you to feature on this record. What do you think?’ And he said, ‘Sounds like a hit to me!’”</p>
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<p id=”par-8_9″>She said she motivated Miller by baking him food.</p>
<p id=”par-9_56″>“When he was recording his part, I was baking cookies in the kitchen upstairs, and every time I took a break I came into the studio to bring him a new batch of cookies and something else amazing had been written,” she said. “If you want to motivate Mac Miller to do anything, just bake cookies.”</p>
<p id=”par-10_17″>The song showed a more <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ariana-grande-releasing-mac-miller-collaboration-the-way-freeing-terrifying.html/”>mature side of Grande</a>. She also kissed Miller in the music video.</p>
<p id=”par-11_46″>“I’m just trying to grow up and live my life and entertain people as well,” she said. “I don’t think there needs to be any big landmark of ‘Ariana grew up’ — although I do kiss Mac Miller in my video, so that’s quite a statement!” </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-she-paid-tribute-to-him-after-his-death”>She paid tribute to him after his death</h2>
<p id=”par-12_26″>In 2018, Miller died of an accidental overdose. Earlier that year, the couple broke up after years together. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/ariana-grande-admits-she-was-so-drunk-and-so-sad-after-mac-millers-death.html/”>Grande mourned him</a> in a post on Instagram.</p>
<p id=”par-13_94″>“I adored you from the day I met you when I was nineteen and I always will,” she wrote. “I can’t believe you aren’t here anymore. I really can’t wrap my head around it. We talked about this. So many times. I’m so mad, I’m so sad I don’t know what to do. You were my dearest friend. For so long. Above anything else. I’m so sorry I couldn’t fix or take your pain away. I really wanted to. The kindest, sweetest soul with demons he never deserved. I hope you’re okay now. Rest.”</p>