Why did Mac DeMarco change his name?

Mac DeMarco’s mother, Agnes DeMarco changed his name to McBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco after his father left when he was aged 4 and refused to pay child support.

Mac DeMarco is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who has released six full-length studio albums. MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco was born on April 30, 1990, in Duncan, Canada.

Mac DeMarco released the mini-album Another One in 2015. DeMarco is also of Italian descent. In early 2012, Mac DeMarco released an LP titled Rock and Roll Night Club.

Mac DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut Rock and Roll Night Club (2012), 2 (2012), Salad Days (2014), This Old Dog (2017), Here Comes the Cowboy (2019), and Five Easy Hot Dogs (2023).

The track “Heart to Heart” song became Mac DeMarco’s first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #98 after achieving over 5.8 million streams in a week in the US. In 2018, Mac DeMarco launched his own record label aptly titled ‘Mac’s Record Label’.