The chorus, sung by Miguel, "Everything will be good by the weekend," is a hopeful reminder that despite the struggles of the week, the weekend will come, and everything will be better by then. The artist is holding onto this idea of a better future as he struggles through each day.
The second verse shows the artist's struggles with addiction and his search for meaning in his life. He also talks about how lonely he is, despite having many women around him. The outro builds on the idea of the weekend being a time to escape the hardships of everyday life and experience happiness, even if it's just for a little while.
But I be good by the weekend
I be good by the weekend
Everything good by the weekend
Everything will be good by the weekend
We going out tonight, yeah we going out tonight, like fuck it
We going out tonight, yeah we going out tonight, fuck it
We going out tonight, yeah we going out tonight
We going out tonight, yeah we going out tonight
Loverboy's 1981 hit "Everybody's Working for the Weekend" has fueled countless Wednesday afternoon jam sessions that Mac Miller and Miguel can only hope to achieve with their collab "Weekend" from Mac's GO:OD AM album. In the video, which premiered last night (Jan. 11) on MTV 2, the rapper and singer cruise in an old-school muscle car as they go over their plans to party away the upcoming weekend. The clip itself is dimly lit and features faceless ballerinas, Miller rapping in a jungle-like setting and a warehouse ripe for a party. Sounds like the duo have an epic few days lined up.
"Its thesis statement is, essentially, that the weekend is the time to party, and that's when Mac comes alive," Tirhakah Love and Brendan Klinkenberg write for Rolling Stone. "But the edges had begun to warp, regrets were forming, and Mac was aware of all of it."
She also had a fifteen page paper due and was spending the weekend in New York with the roommates: Friday night seeing her boyfriend rock a sold out show in Times Square, Saturday hopefully getting too drunk to care what counter she was dancing on.
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