Mac Miller and Jon Brion Surge on Hot 100 Songwriters and Producers Charts

If you've ever thought that Bruno Mars' voice and charisma was meant for the Disney sphere, your wishes are coming true. The superstar and Disney announced on Thursday (Feb.

Mac Miller’s new track, “Blue World,” looks poised to be one of the biggest songs from his posthumous album, Circles. It debuted at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and has racked up over 150,000 page views on Genius since its release. Although the album has just one official feature, “Blue World” begins with some outside vocals, too.

The release of Mac Miller’s new album, Circles, feels in many ways like a final bookend on his influential career, but it’s also raised questions about what—if anything—comes next. The late rapper was known as a studio rat and left behind a massive catalog of unreleased music in various stages of completion.

From Mac Miller’s early days as an upstart teen rapper from Pittsburgh through his maturation into a Grammy-nominated artist, one thing has remained consistent: ID Labs producer Eric “E. Dan” Dan. He has production credits across Mac Miller’s discography, including on the late rapper’s new posthumous album, Circles. Although famed composer Jon Brion handled the majority of the album’s creative decisions, E. Dan still got one last production credit in on “Woods.”

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Mac Miller is poised to make a huge splash on the Billboard 200 next week with his posthumous album, Circles, but he’s already beaten a personal record with the project’s lead single, “Good News.” The song debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart this week, marking his highest-charting single as a lead artist.

Since Mac Miller’s posthumous album, “Circles,” came out Friday, many fans have been convinced they heard Ariana Grande’s voice on the track “I Can See.” The late rapper’s reps responded to queries with a “no comment.” Now, his ex-girlfriend’s vocal cameo has been confirmed — or equivocally confirmed, at least — by the record’s producer, Jon Brion.

"He wanted to tell people, ‘I still love this'"

Mac Miller’s recently released posthumous album, Circles, was announced as a companion to 2018’s Swimming. As it turns out, the late rapper actually envisioned the projects as two-thirds of a trilogy. Producer Jon Brion, who completed Circles following Mac’s death, spoke about the Pittsburgh native’s plan in a recent New York Times interview.

Mac Miller’s posthumous album, Circles, is all but devoid of guest features, but there may be one famous voice hidden on the album: Ariana Grande. The pop star—who was in a relationship with Miller for several years—likely contributed background vocals on the project’s fifth song, “I Can See,” according to producer Jon Brion.

"Those vocals were already there"

Mac Miller’s producer pal Jon Brion appears to have confirmed the rapper’s posthumous album features vocals from his ex-girlfriend Ariana Grande.

Since Mac Miller’s posthumous album, “Circles,” came out Friday, many fans have been convinced they heard Ariana Grande’s voice on the track “I Can See.” The late rapper’s reps responded to queries with a “no comment.” Now, his ex-girlfriend’s vocal cameo has been confirmed — or equivocally confirmed, at least — by the record’s producer, Jon Brion.

Ariana Grande has been super busy lately giving concerts around the world for her And while that means that Ari has been booked and busy for the past few months, it looks like she might have squeezed in some time to appear on her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller's posthumous album Circles.

Earlier this month, Mac Miller's family announced they were releasing "Circles," a companion to "Swimming," on the late rapper's behalf. In their social media announcement, the family expressed their gratitude to producer Jon Brian, who completed the album after Mac's death.

The new music coming out this week has taken fans by surprise. There's Eminem's unexpected album Music To Be Murdered By, a complete body of work from the late Mac Miller in Circles, and Halsey's genre-defying Manic.

Ariana Grande is showing support for her late ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller.

Following Mac Miller’s death in 2018, producer Jon Brion was tasked with completing the rapper’s posthumous album, Circles. The project is out today, and Brion opened up about putting its songs together in an extensive series of notes shared on Apple Music. He reflected on his experience listening to Mac record the album’s final song, “Once A Day,” saying he cried hearing it in the studio.

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services.