Mac DeMarco’s New Record “One Wayne G” Comes With 199 Songs

Mac Demarco performing in London in 2017
Mac Demarco performing in London in 2017. Photo by Michael Jamison/REX/Shutterstock (9228691a)

While Canadian singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco is known for his prolific music output, the magnitude of his new album One Wayne G still caught many people off guard. The record, which was released on Friday with a short heads-up, has a run time of 8:43:20 and consists of 199 songs.

One Wayne G was made available through download and streaming on Spotify. A total of 18 songs have proper titles and lyrics, with some of them being previously heard on DeMarco’s live streams.

The rest of the album consists of instrumentals or scratch vocals. These recordings are titled with a date when they were presumably recorded. According to an Instagram story posted on Mac’s Record Label, the album’s title is a nod to NHL legend Wayne Gretzky.

Mac’s Record Label also shared One Wayne G-inspired merch and photos of the album’s vinyl and cassette, hinting at a physical release later.

One Wayne G comes just several months after DeMarco released his fifth studio album Five Easy Hot Dogs. The record was entirely instrumental and was recorded during the musician’s road trip from Los Angeles to New York. It met with favorable reviews from the critics, who described it as experimental in nature but a worthy addition to DeMarco’s catalog.