One Wayne G

The album was initially released online only, with no prior announcement. A post on the Instagram account for Mac's Record Label indicated a cut-down LP record and cassette release would be forthcoming. However, DeMarco later confirmed images of the physical media were mock-ups created for a joke, and the album would remain digital-only. However, a Blu-ray of the album was eventually released in late 2023. He chose to release the tracks as one long album in order to chart his evolution as an artist over a five-year span, and to document his need to continuously write and record new music. == Composition ==

Of the 199 tracks, 18 have full titles and lyrics, the remainder being instrumentals or having simple scratch vocals, suggesting the album is composed of demos as well as finished pieces. All track titles include a date (in ISO 8601 / YYYYMMDD format), showing that the album was recorded between May 2018 and January 2023. == Reception ==

One Wayne G received mixed to positive reviews by critics. Writer Nadine Smith of Pitchfork said "Even if there’s a playful disposability to One Wayne G when contrasted with the work of Hosono or Sakamoto, DeMarco attempts to navigate a similar line, finding room to push at the edges of sound—and remind us of the artist’s existence—even if he’s only in the background of your consciousness." Writer Matt Mitchell of Paste Magazine said "Once you whittle away the fat of those sub-one-minute songs, there’s a really lovely, unproblematic album in there. The bloat of One Wayne G can be distracting, but the meaty parts are all an upgrade from what we got on Here Comes the Cowboy four years ago." == Track listing ==