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Mac Miller, for all the good music he released, didn’t have a perfect output—nobody ever does. But he was happy to admit when he messed up, with one song in particular standing out as an active regret.

‘Up All Night’ is a song on Mac’s first album, Blue Slide Park, and it was intended as a “straight party anthem,” as Mac put it in a commentary of the song. In those terms, the song arguably functions as intended.

“I actually play guitar on that joint,” rock music fan Mac said in the commentary. “That sounds like some Ramones, Mighty Mighty BossToneS.”

The pop-punk tone of the track was meant to infuse it with a bit of intensity. “To me,” Mac said, “man that’s just the perfect song to bring out the energy in people.”

Mac actually sounded quite positive about ‘Up All Night’ during his commentary, although he did want to impress upon fans that its appeal was intended to be broad. It wasn’t meant to be consumed by just one specific group.

“I feel like some people may look at it as like some frat rap song,” he said. “But to me it’s just a party song and I just wanna make it clear that you don’t gotta be in a fraternity to party; everybody likes to party.”

But by the time he was speaking to Complex for a 2013 interview, had already come to consider the song in a negative light. “I can’t make ‘Up All Night’ right now,” he said. “That’s the only record I regret.”

It was unclear what specifically had changed in Mac’s head, but, clearly, he no longer stood by the party vibes of ‘Up All Night.’ But that wasn’t the only party song from Blue Slide Park, with ‘Party on Fifth Ave’ being another. This one, though, he felt better about, albeit with caveats.

“‘Party on Fifth Ave’—great song, I guess,” he said. “It’s fun. But when I listen to that song and those verses, I hear nothing. I don’t say anything.”

Still, despite his problems with certain tracks on Blue Slide Park, he stood by it overall. “There’s great records on that album,” he said. “I don’t regret Blue Slide Park at all.”