The album was announced on 6 August 2021 and was released on 10 September 2021 on digital platforms, CD, deluxe CD+DVD and vinyl.

[1][2][3] The deluxe edition features a DVD including a 25-minute documentary covering Yunupingu's life and rise to stardom.

[2] Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was born blind in 1971 as a member of the Gumatj clan and a speaker of the indigenous Yolŋu languages, on Elcho Island, off the coast of North East Arnhem land in Australia's Northern Territory.

He incorporated much of his heritage into his music, singing in multiple Yolŋu languages as well as English.

On 6 August 2021, a trailer for The Gurrumul Story documentary was released alongside a reworked version of his 2008 song "Wiyathul", shared with its music video that shows a group of First Nations people performing what an introduction described as "A sacred totemic dance of the Wiyathul bird.