Mac Miller’s Lost Album ‘Balloonerism’ Is Finally Getting An Official Release

A teaser seen at this year’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival seemed to tease an official release of the long-lost Mac Miller album Balloonerism. Now, we know for sure: Today, an official release of Balloonerism was announced, set for January 17, 2025.

There’s also an accompanying film to be released, a trailer for which is above.

A statement from Miller’s family reads:

“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.

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 official tracklist has not yet been revealed, but for an idea of what it is likely to look like, there’s a tracklist from a version of the project that surfaced in 2021 (via Genius). However, while that has 16 tracks, the new release has 14 tracks (per Apple Music).

Mac Miller’s Balloonerism Album Cover Artwork

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Balloonerism is out 11/17/2025 via Warner Records. Find more information here.

Mac Miller’s Long-Lost ‘Balloonerism’ Album Could Be On The Way, According To A 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw Teaser

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Yesterday (November 17), Tyler The Creator’s beloved music festival Camp Flog Gnaw kicked off its 10th anniversary. While the 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw lineup featured many of the “Sticky” rapper’s collaborators. But one musical figure and frequent performer was terribly missed—Mac Miller.

But Mac was present in spirit. Between Sampha and Alchemist & Friends’ set at 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw, a video teaser featuring Mac Miller’s previously leaked track “5 Dollar Pony Rides” played across the screens (viewable here).

As the clip ends, the displays flash the word “soon.” Given that the track has long since circulated online and is a feature record on Mac Miller’s long-lost album, Balloonerism. Supporters are jumping for joy as the series of songs were supposedly recorded between 2013 and 2014.

In a now-delete post (viewable here) from E. Dan of ID Labs spoke about the mythical project. “[Mac] did make an actual track list (a few actually) and pretty much all of the songs you all know as ‘Balloonerism’ were made inside of a week stemming from what was basically jam sessions,” he wrote. “He did indeed move on from it, took a few of the songs for ‘Faces’ and never got back to it.”

He then addressed the fans rumors surrounding the project, writing: “Some of the artwork and the track lists you see for this online aren’t from Mac. They are made up. The project itself was a real thing in so far as Mac made a few iTunes playlists about it, but it never got finished.”

Producer Madlib has also teased that he has a posthumous joint project with Mac Miller in the tuck.