Mac Miller's Family Explains Why They're Releasing 'Official Version' of 'Balloonerism' Album 6 Years After His Death
This past weekend, the unreleased album was teased at Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival in Los Angeles
A long lost Mac Miller album is finally getting its release.
On Thursday, Nov. 21, the Mac Miller Estate announced that the rapper's album Balloonerism — which was teased this past weekend at Tyler, The Creator's Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival — will be released on Jan. 17 via Warner Records.
"Many of Malcolm's fans are aware of Balloonerism, a full-length album that Malcolm created around the time of the release of Faces in 2014. It is a project that was of great importance to Malcolm -- to the extent that he commissioned artwork for it and discussions concerning when it should be released were had regularly, though ultimately GO:OD AM and subsequent albums ended up taking precedence," his family wrote in a statement on Instagram.
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They continued: "We believe the project showcases both the breadth of his musical talents and fearlessness as an artist. Given that unofficial versions of the album have circulated online for years and that releasing Balloonerism was something that Malcolm frequently expressed being important to him, we felt it most appropriate to present an official version of the project to the world. With that in mind, we're happy to announce that Balloonerism will be released on January 17th, 2025."
"The album was born from the same creative period in which Mac was working on Watching Movies with the Sound Off, Delusional Thomas, Faces and more, and represents the creative ambition that he had agnostic of musical genre," the family concluded.
Alongside the album’s announcement, the Estate shared a trailer for the record’s accompanying film, which is directed by Samuel Mason.
In the two-and-a-half-minute trailer, a series of animated vignettes are shown before the album cover appears on-screen.
Balloonerism will be available digitally and in a variety of physical formats including CD, cassette and vinyl. Vinyl will be available as a two-LP release across two exclusive variants only available through balloonerism.com.
Related: Mac Miller's Family Announces Late Artist's Last Album 'Circles' Will Be Released This Month
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Miller's family surprised fans by announcing that the Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist — who died of an accidental overdose in 2018 — had been working on a companion album to 2018's Swimming at the time of his death.
In January 2020, with the help of close friend and fellow singer Jon Brion, Miller's "final" album Circles was released.