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Mac Miller - Balloonerism - Augmented Reality Campaign
Warner Records
United States
2026
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Entrant Company
Warner Records
Program
Clio Music 2026
Medium Type
‌Music Marketing
Medium
Digital/Mobile, AI & Emerging Technologies
Category
Virtual/Augmented Reality
Created a global, augmented reality campaign to engage superfans and drive community around a posthumous album. Part 1: During the global screenings of Balloonerim, fans in Pittsburgh, New York, London, Paris, and Toronto were presented with branded QR codes and signage that would launch a geospatially-anchored augmented reality experience. Using Google’s Geospatial Creator technology, we brought the album artwork to life for fans and structurally anchored the balloon to the theaters. The AR was anchored equally by point cloud, location coordinates, and the live camera feed. Part 2: A few days after the release of the album and short film, on Malcolm’s birthday, we released our hero video that watches Balloonerism untie at the film screening location in Pittsburgh (where Malcolm was born & raised), float through locations of key moments in his life and music (like Blue Slide Park), travel around the world, and return home. Fans were encouraged to look out their windows all around the world to see Balloonerism for themselves by going to www.balloonerism.com.
Credits
Record Label
Warner Records
Los Angeles
Record Label
Warner Records
Los Angeles
Production Company
W-RLDS
LOS ANGELES
Music/Sound Company
92tilinfitiy
LOS ANGELES
Music Company
4 Strikes
LOS ANGELES
Vice President
Jacqui Bransky
Warner Records
Creative Director
Miller McCormick
92tilinfitiy
Executive Producer
Daniel Kelly
W-RLDS
Executive Producer
Reed Matthews
W-RLDS
Marketing
TJ Landig
WARNER RECORDS
Project Manager
Theresa Aufner
Underground Operations
Art Director
Jeff Sosnow
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