Mac Miller Features on 88-Keys's "That's Life"

Grammy-winning producer and rapper 88-Keys dropped his first solo song of 8 years last week, and it features none other than the late, great Mac Miller. In the new single, titled “That’s Life” (also featuring Sia), Miller reflects on his past and smiles lovingly, letting his fans know that everything is going to be okay, despite the bumps he hit along the way.

The track was originally recorded in New York City while Miller and 88-Keys were in the studio together. The lyrics particularly reflect on his life after he became famous, following the debut of his first studio album, Blue Slide Park. With the fame came a fast-paced life, and Miller turned to drugs in attempt to compensate. Miller is brutally honest about his hiccups in the road, but in the chorus he shrugs his shoulders and sings, “That’s life, what are you going to do?”

Of the new song, 88-Keys said in a press release, "'That’s Life' is a song which sums up the sentiments of the music I’ve been working on over the past few years. We all have to forge through the good, the bad, and the ugly. Mac came up with the concept for the song stemming from a conversation we had in the studio about relationships as we shared with each other what made the ones we were in at the time special. I played the song for Sia and she personally identified with the sentiments of the song and felt strongly about contributing her own thoughts on the subject matter. At the end of it all, my dear friend Mac and my newfound friend Sia helped me make a song to touch the world and help many deal with adversities we’re faced with, but 'That’s Life'.”

Miller’s first official posthumous verse was released earlier this month in the Free Nationals' “Time”, also featuring Kali Uchis. Miller made peace with past relationships, singing that "in the end, everything will be fine, that's by design.”

We love you, Mac. R.I.P.