Mixed Personalities

Mixed Personalities

YNW Melly (Ft. Kanye West)

“Mixed Personalities” is YNW Melly’s first collaboration with Kanye West. The song is about Melly and Kanye’s psychological battles, something that both rappers commonly focus on in their music.

Throughout Melly’s discography, he switches between himself and his alter-ego, Melvin, who has more evil tendencies. He described this in the Genius Verified video for “Murder On My Mind”:

Like, Melvin, the other, my other person inside. Melvin, that motherfucker there every day, all day. Like, that’s what he be thinking about. That nigga wake up with the murder on his mind.

Ye has even been struggling with mental health and has proclaimed that he suffers from bipolar disorder, a statement that he later retracted. Furthermore, the Chicago rapper has had an opioid addiction, which can cause a great, negative impact on the brain. He displayed his illnesses on his 2018 solo studio album, ye.

The track was previewed on Instagram on January 17, 2019, where Melly called while being incarcerated in Lee County Jail after being arrested for possession of marijuana. The Cole Bennett directed music video was released on January 18, 2019, and was also teased the day prior to its release by Bennett and Melly’s management.