The song I chose is Congratulations by Mac Miller – featuring Bilal. Mac Miller (Malcolm James McCormick) is a hip-hop artist that started making his way through the industry since 2011. He wasn’t like every other hip-hop artist due to the fact that he was a kid and didn’t make music as if he was rich, he made music for kids just like him. Growing up I loved listening to Mac Miller because I felt like I could relate to him very strongly just through his music. He kept getting better and better with his music until he unfortunately passed away in 2018. The song Congratulations is the intro song from his second to last album The Divine Feminine, which came out in 2016. This album was very important in regard to Mac Miller’s discography. This album was seen as the album that showed Mac evolving as an artist and as a human. It showed him putting all of his intimate thoughts and his insecurities as a person and it all comes together beautifully due to how authentic he is in every song. The album showcased Mac opening himself up to the world and getting intimate talking about his love life the whole album. This album was important for me growing up because it taught me a lot of aspects of what intimacy meant to other people compared to what I thought, it helped to learn that as a kid. The song starts off with this harmonic singing from Ariana Grande Layered on top of this is Ariana Grande saying The Divine Feminine alongside some giggling. The song then transitions into a piano playing an E Major in the background. The song is focused on Mac Miller talking about a past partner that went through everything with him, from rapping back as a kid having no money trying to get recognized, to them having an apartment together as adults. In my opinion, it’s such a beautiful song as it just shows how diverse Mac Miller can get with his music and change up his style with little effort compared to his past music. I also find it beautiful just for the subject matter, it’s like if you could make falling in love into a song.The rhythm of the song is slow throughout the song. There’s no real change of pace that’s noticeable besides the one at the 30 second mark when the piano and Mac Miller come in, and also at the end but it’s not huge. The timbre of the song is when the violins come in at the middle of the song and also at the end when Bilal starts singing. There is also timbre in the piano keys that go up and down on top of the E Major being played. The song is focused and led with the Vocals of Mac Miller and the E Major Piano. The Violin and other vocals support this.