During Tyler the Creator‘s Camp Flog Gnaw festival in Los Angeles this weekend, a video trailer teased the arrival of Mac Miller‘s long-lost project Balloonerism, telling fans it would be released ‘soon.’
The trailer was shared by @macmillermemoir on Instagram.
The two-and-a-half minute trailer aired between sets from Sampha and Alchemist & Friends, featuring a series of animations before the cover art for the album appeared along with the message “soon.”
The trailer features “The Song That Changed Everything,” allegedly featuring SZA, and “5 Dollar Pony Rides,” both of which fans have speculated were intended for the original album.
Balloonerism
Balloonerism is an unreleased project Mac Miller worked on in 2013 and 2014, during a period between the releases of his albums Watching Movies With the Sound Off and Faces.
Long time Mac collaborator, E. Dan, revealed that Balloonerism was initially developed during a week of jam sessions, with several tracklists created. Though some songs were later used for Faces, the project remained unfinished, and certain online artwork and tracklists are fan-made, not Mac’s. The project existed more as an idea, with playlists created by Mac, but it never progressed to completion.
It’s rumored that Mac Miller was close to finishing Balloonerism and had plans to release it, but his former label, Rostrum, supposedly shelved it for being too “out there.” This makes sense since the album shared sessions and borrowed tracks to Faces, which also leaned into a wild and unconventional style.
The completion and formal release of Balloonerism comes as welcome news for Mac Miller’s fans, following his tragic passing from an accidental drug overdose in 2018. The album will be his third posthumous release, following Circles and Faces.
