Mac Miller’s second posthumous album ‘Balloonerism’ features SZA and the late rapper’s alter-ego Delusional Thomas.
The official tracklisting for the lost album, which was “created around the same time” as Mac’s 2014 mixtape ‘Faces’, has been unveiled by his family.
SZA is featured on the track ‘DJ’s Chord Organ’ and Delusional Thomas on the song ‘Transformations’.
Fans will get to hear the lead single, ‘5 Dollar Pony Rides’, on Thursday (09.01.25), with the full record set to arrive on January 17.
The official unravelling comes after a trailer for the LP aired during Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival in Los Angeles in November.
In between Sampha and Alchemist and Friends’ sets, a two-and-a-half-minute clip was shown with the album cover and a message reading “soon”.
A painting of Mac – who tragically died at the age of 26 of an accidental overdose in 2018 – by artist Alim Smith was shown alongside a series of visuals.
It will mark the second posthumous album to be released after his family shared his album ‘Circles’ in 2020, which was intended to be a companion record to his last studio album, 2018’s ‘Swimming’.
At the time, they admitted that deciding to release the work had been a tough decision.
They explained in a post on his Instagram page: “This is a complicated process that has no right answer. No clear path. We simply know that it was important to Malcolm for the world to hear it. One of the most difficult decisions in the process is how best to let people know about it – how to communicate meaningfully while keeping sacred what should be kept sacred. So this will be the only post on any of his channels. Information regarding this release, his charity, and Malcolm himself will be found at @92tilinfinity.
“Thank you to all the fans who’ve supported him unconditionally through the years. We miss him. We are left to imagine where Malcolm was going and to appreciate where he was. We hope you take the time to listen. The look on his face when everyone was listening said it all.
“With humility and gratitude. Malcolm’s family (sic)”
‘Balloonerism’ tracklisting:
‘Tambourine Dream’
‘DJ’s Chord Organ’ ft. SZA
‘Do You Have A Destination’
‘5 Dollar Pony Rides’
‘Friendly Hallucinations’
‘Mrs. Deborah Downer’
‘Stoned’
‘Shangri-La’
‘Funny Papers’
‘Excelsior’
‘Transformations’ ft. Delusional Thomas
‘Manakins’
‘Rick’s Piano’
‘Tomorrow Will Never Know’