Marc Maron had a powerful experience with Taylor Swift's music during his grief. While hiking and mourning his partner Lynne Shelton, he listened to "Bigger Than the Whole Sky" on repeat, resulting in him sobbing and blacking out during a squat stretch. He later used the song in his special, which was costly to produce, and even released a personal cover of it. Maron described the cover as raw and emotional, acknowledging the deep effect the song had on him.
Maron was on a hike, mourning the death of his partner Lynne Shelton and also wondering why people like Taylor Swift. "The interesting thing about grief is that when you're in it at the beginning, it's all-consuming. It takes over your mind, your heart, your spirit and you can't stop it, and you don't know if it'll ever go away," he says.
Maron listened to the song on repeat, sobbing. And because he was on a hike, also stretching. Maron blacked out in the middle of a squat stretch. He came back to Swift singing "Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye."
Maron used the song in his special, which he revealed on cost him 50 large. Now he's also doing a cover. Maron posted his version of "Bigger Than the Whole Sky" on social media, noting that it's a lot less polished than the Jack Antonoff-produced version.
We did it like Mazzy Star-ish. It broke me. I got choked up in the middle of the last verse. It was pretty raw, very emotional but I felt good about it.
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