Monte booker3/2/2023 ![]() ![]() You also just finished a tour with Jack Harlow and Baby Face Ray. O verall, Mavi is proud of himself, having penned a vulnerable sophomore effort that he’s relieved fans will finally be able to experience, and has energized him for future albums he wants to make. I feel that’s the best way to hear the album.” Like, you’re listening to a friend in the throes of real choppy water, dire straits…you holding down your friend as they going through something. ![]() Being gentle with the album, I feel is the best way to hear it and to listen to it. “Everybody else don’t got to be gentle with me. “I made this gentle album to be gentle with myself,” he said during a Monday afternoon Zoom call. There’s also album-opener “High John,” where he wonders if Mother Nature even makes love fit for his size. The growth shows in songs like “ My Good Ghosts” where, with an influx of happiness in his voice, he tackles the emptiness of discovering the offerings of life without friendship. His raps are served with more clarity, and his cadence is more confident with his relaxed vocals. With production handled by Dylvinci, Wulf Morpheus, and Monte Booker, Laughing So Hard It Hurts achieves a more serene, “lullaby” sound that gives Mavi a perfect canvas to spill his feelings onto, as he explores what it means to grieve, hurt, and heal. ![]() Throughout the project’s 16 tracks, Mavi maneuvers the depths of his emotions as he tackles the ins and outs of increasing fame, the passing of loved ones, and pondering on the prospects of love. Now, he’s making his long-awaited return with new album Laughing So Hard It Hurts, a body of work that takes an inward gaze into his mind and soul. He stole the show on Earl Sweatshirt’s Feet of Clay thanks to his emotionally-charged feature on “EL TORO COMBO MEAL,” kicked off The Alchemist’s This Thing of Ours 2 with “Miracle Baby,” and opened for Baby Face Ray and Jack Harlow for the latter’s Creme De La Creme tour. Within that time, he has grown exponentially. It’s been two years since Mavi made his proper debut with Let the Sun Talk. Photo Credit: Wyeth Collins Okayplayer spoke with Mavi about his new album Laughing So Hard It Hurts, touring with Jack Harlow, and more. ![]()
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