Notes:

• This is a project Mac was working on sometime between Watching Movies and Faces

• This is NOT an album Mac planned to release once he died as some fans have speculated or have straight up claimed to be the case. thats all fan theory nonsenses.

• The cover above is not the official cover. It was commissioned by Mac thought to be sometime around the Swimming Era. I posted it on the Mac reddit when I originally discovered the album title in the Stoned file data and I posted it because I thought it went with the title of the album.

• balloonerism.com domain was also bought by Mac's brother sometime during the creation of this project. Makes you wonder how close this got to being released at some point.

• THIS is the official cover - imgur.com/zT6afE4 Its more than likely just a concept cover Mac made himself when putting the project together (see Dog Pound ft Waka & Dig That Artwork for similar artwork mac would quickly put together).

• Album is not finished with some songs having rougher mixes than other and some verses are left unfinished.

• Some fans have speculated the tracklist is fake with Q suggesting they might have never got a tracklist for it down and Clockwork playing Dollar Pony Rides when he was asked to play a song from Balloonerism. I personally doubt the tracklist is fake but rather an early rough concept of the tracklist.

• Some fan edited tracklists list 'Dollar Pony Ride' as a bonus track. That song is a seperate leak and not part of the original leaked tracklist. DJ Clockwork played it on IG live when asked to play something from Balloonerism. If its a song from a later/earlier version of the project we don't know but its possible its just not from THIS leaked version of the album. Personally I really like the song but I don't feel like it fits the style or concept of the album.

• Colors & Shapes is basically the same as the Final version on Faces except for the interview samples that are at the start and end of the final version aren't present and the mix is a lot rougher. Also the bassline is different in parts of the song.

• Uber very similar to the final version too. Rougher mix, Bassline different in parts and has an Empty verse where Mike Jones would end up. I have the theory SZA was originally going to be there with how Mac ends his verse introducing a female and how well concept wise it fits with The Song That Changed Everything.

• Smile is the same song off Run On Sentence Volume 2 but with no bird sound effects, No vocal effects on Mac's voice and a rougher mix.

Tracklist

1. Tambourine Dream (Intro)
2. The Song That Changed Everything (feat. SZA)
3. Do You Have A Destination
4. Mrs. Deborah Downer
5. Stoned
6. Colors and Shapes (OG)
7. Excelsior
8. Friendly Hallucinations
9. Funny Papers
10. Manakins (feat. Dylan Reynolds) Unfinished
11. He Finally Sleeps. Unfinished
12. Transformations (feat. Delusional Thomas)
13. Uber (OG) Unfinished
14. Smile (OG)
15. Tomorrow Will Never Know
16. Bob's Dementia (feat. Hodgy Beats)

Run Time: 1 Hour, 10 Minutes

Save me Boomerism

That cover look heat how this s*** sound?

HOLY S***

Why did this never drop? Did he just decide to make Faces instead or was this and faces supposed to drop

What is this? Is this just a leak compilation how much is new

???????

iirc he records ( ) a lot of music at once and then picks an album to go with. i think he said something like that in an interview for divine feminine. so this would probably be a close to completed album that he just didn't go with

unreleased album. Smile ended up on run on sentences vol 2 and uber & colors and shapes made faces.

rip to the goat

i hope this becomes available somewhere

So who’s gonna link me

is this on leakthis

mac made loads of projects that never saw the light of day. he just moved on to other things.

About Divine Feminine, he actually recorded that at the same time as this other album he worked on (It's supposed to be some hard trap album I think), but he decided to drop TDF instead.

This guy probably has over 10 albums we never heard of for all I know

How do you know this

Woman leaking the songs been dropping them for free and confirmed it. Also turns out Mac bought the rights to use balloonerism.com back in 2014 so it adds up.

Oh s***
reddit.com/r/MacMiller/comments/fdoofq/mac_project_ballonerism

Worth noting the album dropping after his death statement has no source and im pretty sure it comes from fan theories of why we are finally getting it.

Wanna hear this

way more than 10 probably
he had EP's ready to drop for every month in the year

Damn I need to update mine, I only got 8 tracks

yes