The Real Meaning Behind Macklemore's Next Year

To fans' delight, Macklemore has teamed up with producer Ryan Lewis again for their latest collaboration.Released on October 29,"Next Year" which also features vocalist Windser is Macklemore's first piece of new music in almost two years, and the song discusses his hope for a better year ahead.

To fans' delight, Macklemore has teamed up with producer Ryan Lewis again for their latest collaboration. Released on October 29, "Next Year" — which also features vocalist Windser — is Macklemore's first piece of new music in almost two years, and the song discusses his hope for a better year ahead.

"Next year's my come up / I've been lackin' but I can feel that it's the one / All the last three-sixty-five-one sucked / Like God group texted the world and dumped us," he raps in the opening line of the new track, referencing the coronavirus pandemic that has taken over the world in the past 18 months. However, Macklemore doesn't get too down about what has transpired, and is hopeful that better things will happen to him in the upcoming year.

He continues, "I'm well-aware the universe doesn't owe me s***/ I know that, all of this pain means the growth, I think / That next year's gonna be better than this." Windser drives the song's meaning home on the chorus, which goes like this, "Next year's gonna be better than this year/ Next year's gonna be better than this 'cause / New Year's Eve comin' with a fresh kiss, yeah."

In the music video for the song, Macklemore finds himself surviving the most cruel and unfair scenarios, including a car crash, which allows him to witness the birth of his child — a baby that may or may not be his neighbor's. Macklemore, clearly, knows how to entertain as well.

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