By Nellie Andreeva
09.01.2020 - 07:51 / peoplemagazine.co.za
Mac Miller’s family is celebrating the rapper’s legacy by unveiling plans to release the album he had been working on prior to his untimely death.
Circles, the follow-up to his fifth offering, 2018’s Swimming, will hit retailers and streaming services on 17 January (20), two days before what would have been his 28th birthday.
In a statement posted on the Self Care MC’s Instagram page, his relatives write, “Here we are. The act of having to write this at all feels surreal.
“At the time of his
By Nellie Andreeva
"Those vocals were already there"
Happy Birthday, Mac.
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.
Mac Miller lives on in his music.
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.
It's the rapper's first posthumous release
Ariana Grande is showing support for her late ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller.
When Mac Miller passed away in September 2018 of an accidental drug overdose, his estate remained mum about the possibility of releasing music he'd stashed in the vault. It wasn't until Jan.
A new album from the late Mac Miller is out now. It’s called Circles, and Miller worked on the album with Jon Brion. It’s a companion piece to his album Swimming. The album features the previously shared single “Good News.” Have a listen below.
Mac Miller had one final gift for his fans when he left Earth in 2018: a companion album to his Grammy-nominated Swimming.
If you were cynical, you might think releasing a posthumous, pieced-together Mac Miller album 16 months after his passing from an accidental drug overdose would be just one more part of the current death march of releases from deceased young rappers with pleadingly emotive lyrics and sonically rock-ist edges.
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Following Mac Miller's family's announcement that they will be delivering his sixth and final studio album, Circles, next week, fans were treated to the late rapper's first posthumous song, "Good News."
Mac Miller's legacy lives on through his music.