The mythical Mac Miller album, Balloonerism, could soon see the light of day

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Over the weekend, Tyler, the Creator hosted the 10th annual Camp Flog Gnaw music festival and took the two minutes before The Alchemist & Friends’ set to pay tribute Mac Miller and teasing the late rapper’s long-lost record, Balloonism. Sore Uproxxbefore The Alchemist took the stage, the screens around the stage played a video of the tracks “The Song That Changed Everything” and “5 Dollar Pony Rides” from Miller’s unreleased Balloonism album.

Balloonism has been floating around since before the 2014s Faces mixtape, but the myth of the album grew after Miller’s death in 2018. In 2020, the song “Do You Have A Destination” appeared on the now-defunct music forum LeakThis. The Defective Jules YouTube channel explains it The LeakThis user who posted the song said it should be released sooner Faces. Metadata revealed that it was the third track from an unreleased album called Balloonism. Over the next few days, the user continued to release songs from the album, including “The Song That Changed Everything” featuring SZA and an original version of Miller’s “Uber.” The rest of the album would soon find its way onto the internet, but never got an official release. Speculation surrounding the album continues to make waves throughout Miller’s fandom as this The Reddit overview details the album’s history.

When Tyler, the Creator and his cohorts release Balloonism is still unknown. Perhaps it’s cold comfort for Miller fans that simply acknowledging its existence is the first step to pulling it out of the vault.

Balloonism isn’t the only Mac Miller release reportedly on the way. Last year, producer Madlib announced that he was finishing work on an unreleased EP. Miller’s final album, the posthumously released one Space, released in 2020.