Hurt Feelings (Mac Miller song)

Mac Miller made the song in Hawaii, with one of two beats that J. Cole sent him. He brought it back to Los Angeles and began experimenting with it. Jon Brion played on it. Miller tried to add a piano section on the second part of the hook, playing a grand piano, and when he found no success he asked Dev Hynes to try it. Hynes played it in the same manner as Miller and then tried another approach, which they decided to use.^[1]

The song contains synths^[2] and backing vocals. It further develops the style of his song "Come Back to Earth" and album The Divine Feminine, consisting of "shimmering instrumentals" and "trippy beats". Mac Miller raps in a "lackadaisical", relaxed manner,^[3] but still with a tone of resilience,^[4] about his battle with substance abuse and break from social media following his breakup with singer Ariana Grande.^[5] He responds to the controversy surrounding him in the months prior to the album's release,^[3] especially referencing his driving under the influence and hit and run incident in May 2018 and detailing his mental state at the time.^[6] It combines "shimmering instrumentals", similar to those from his album The Divine Feminine, with "trippy beats".

Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic considered the song a highlight from Swimming.^[7] The Independent wrote that on the song, "Miller blends his persona with his extensive knowledge of music to often impressive degrees."^[4] A.D. Amorosi of Variety called it "pained, but weirdly cocksure".^[8]