It was barely five years ago when Austin Post Richard posted a song on his SoundCloud account and he never imagined that from that moment on the whole world would know him as Post Malone and he would become one of the most important figures in the current music scene.
Thanks to the fact that he is not the typical rapper that we are used to seeing: his whole look and his music give us a kind of modern rockstar who came to be himself and tell us his story through his songs.
8. Better Now
Included on her successful album, beerbongs & bentleys , this is a song in which the singer somehow remembers the wounds left by a past relationship. She believes that her emotions mirror those of her ex’s and that both of them are most likely hiding the fact that they still have feelings for each other in an attempt to “win the break up.”
7. Psycho (Feat. Ty Dolla $ign)
This song is a visualization exercise that Post has been doing since its inception when he was rapping about all the things he wanted to have in the future and why some might call him a psychopath for having those dreams. This song is an ode to the luxuries that fame brings with it, but far from doing it from an egocentric position, it becomes a kind of aspirational mood .
6. Goodbyes (Feat. Young Thug)
Rappers can be absolutely romantic, because heart problems are no stranger to them: proof of this is this song in which Posty talks about how difficult it can be to say goodbye to someone you love when you really don’t want to. However, Thug’s verse talks about Post’s intentions to return to his girl, in contrast to the rest of the lyrics. The song premiered on July 5, 2019, the day after Post’s 24th birthday.
5. Rockstar (Feat. 21 Savage)
This theme is undoubtedly an ode to the whole lifestyle and everything that being a true rock star represents, with the help of various references of the genre such as Bon Scott or Jim Morrison , as well as various events that marked the history of rock. in music, and the traditions that are an essential part of this archetype such as throwing televisions out of windows and breaking guitars at the end of a performance.
4. Wow
The song is thematically similar to Congratulations , a massive hit from their 2016 debut album Stoney that is even referenced in the second verse. Both songs focus on Post showing off his wealth, like cars and money, to people who doubted him before he was famous. In particular, this song is also a kind of reflection that Malone makes on the monumental nature of his career and how much he has achieved in such a short time. This song marked the transition between beerbongs & bentleys and Hollywood’s Bleeding (her second and third albums by him), since he changed the yellow that marked his previous era for the blue that has defined this new era.
3. White Iverson
The song that started it all, White Iverson , was posted on Post’s SoundCloud page on February 4, 2015 and gradually became a phenomenon that to this day has over 800 million views on YouTube. . Post tells us in this issue about his dreams of living up to an NBA superstar, playing with his enemies and showing the world that he can live by his own rules, inspired by Allen Iverson , a famous NBA player. nba. This track has a strong trap-house influence that can also be heard on tracks like Fetty Wap ‘s Trap Queen or Travis Scott ‘s Antidote .
2. I Fall Apart
In this song, the rapper and singer tries to heal the wound left by a breakup with a girl during high school, which possibly broke his heart more than once because in the song he admits that this teenager could have played with him on more than one occasion. In an interview, Post admitted that he had to delve deeply into his emotions and feelings to write this track.
1. Circles
Post has never seen himself as a rapper: he’s always made it clear that he’s some sort of modern rockstar with just enough pop and rap running through his veins. Circles demonstrates exactly that, a pop rock song that was born out of an instrumental writing session and has a vibe reminiscent of some Fleetwood Mac songs . As the title says, this is a song that talks about how we get into vicious circles from which it is very difficult for us to get out by repeating the same actions over and over again.