Circles is the sixth and final studio album by Mac Miller. Conceived as a sister album to 2018’s full length Swimming, the album was once completed with the help of Jon Brion, with whom Miller worked on Swimming and had been working together on Circles on the time of his passing. Whilst sonically distinctly different than its predecessor, Circles features a few of the hallmarks for which Swimming was once critically-acclaimed upon its release — Miller further realizing his making a song voice along with rapping, live instrumentation and earnest, confessional lyrical content. Listeners will hear shades of one of the crucial album’s influences in its songs, from the T-Rex guitar tone of “Surf” to the Plastic Ono Band-era John Lennon feel of its production and the inspired cover of Arthur Lee’s 1972 single “Everybody’s Gotta Live.” It is a momentous final entry into the discography of an artist that remains on the center of reimagining the bounds of rap.