For the second time in the seven years since his death, Mac Miller fans have the chance to listen to a new album. The US rapper was 26 when he died from an accidental overdose in 2018. Friends say he was lost in his prime and fans' hunger for new music has remained.

Sitting in the back of the screening of director Samuel Jerome Mason’s Balloonerism: A Film Based on the Album by Mac Miller, I thought about how Malcolm would’ve loved this animated companion piece soundtracked by his not-quite-lost 2014 album,

Mac Miller's family is releasing another posthumous album five years after "Circles" came out. "Balloonerism" will be accompanied by a short film.

Mac Miller's estate has released his posthumous album 'Balloonerism' in tandem with an accompanying short film.

Details about its official release remain scarce, but it wouldn’t be surprising if Miller’s estate worked out a deal with one of the big streamers. In a statement, the family wrote: “Many of Malcolm’s fans are aware of Balloonerism,

Amazon has released exclusive vinyl and merch in honor of Mac Miller's posthumous album "Balloonerism." Shop Balloonerism vinyl online.

For hardcore fans, the bulk of Balloonerism is nothing new. The songs have not been reinvented or seemingly dabbled with. Instead, the album sounds like outtakes from Miller’s 2013 sophomore effort, Watching TV with the Sound Off, and Faces, the self-released mixtape that followed a year later.

Mac Miller’s long-awaited posthumous album "Balloonerism" has finally arrived, accompanied by a short animated film.

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In the film the former Take That star is played by a CGI chimpanzee, a comment on how he feels like a ‘performing monkey’.

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