Post Malone: A Former Rapper Struck by Lightning on the Road to Country
It won’t be the first nor the last: even Jelly Roll has moved from rap to “contaminated” countrythe genre that more than any other, today more than ever, is under the spotlight of the industry. Post Malone’s latest single, “Guy For That” with Luke Combsthird preview of the new album “F-1 Trillion,” Coming August 16, Is Filmed in Downtown Nashvilleon top of a semi-trailer. Post Malone has been in the country scene for a while nowThe release of “Guy For That” follows the release of the tracks “Pour Me A Drink” with Blake Shelton and “I Had Some Help” with Morgan Wallena song that also had a good response on the charts. Upon its release, it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It became Post Malone’s sixth #1 and Wallen’s second #1. Posty has revealed via social media the complete tracklist of the ideal successor to “Austin” with the names of all the guests on the album:
Among them are also the legend Dolly Parton and Tim McGraw. To celebrate the upcoming release of his new record project “F-1 Trillion,” he recently joined forces with Bud Light to “A Night in Nashville,” offering an intimate performance of songs from the upcoming album.
The evening featured several special guests, including Blake Shelton, Hardy, Joe Nichols and Sierra Ferrell. It’s a new Post Malone who is about to let the world listen to his new album. He is a less “damned” artist, tormented and poignant, but more oriented towards a genre that has to do with American culture and roots. It is yet another transformation, perhaps the most difficult to fully understand for those who have followed him from the beginning. Rap and trap, which have been part of his career since the 2023 album “Austin”, have been surpassed and completely abandoned on a sonical level.. The artist has matured, changed, grown. But woe betide anyone who thinks that in that case there was a sycophantic repositioning: Post Malone has always cultivated, since his first album “Stoney” 2016an instrumental approach. Above all, the guitar is a symbolic element of his path, brought on stage and played by Posty himself since the very beginning as an instrument representing his most intimate and acoustic side. The beautiful “Stay” of 2018 reminds us of it, but also the rockiest experiment of 2019’s “Take What You Want” with Ozzy Osbourne should not be underestimated.
The rock veins have been another element that has always distinguished the artist’s music and dark imagery, a legacy that he carries with him a great love for Nirvana and for his mentor and friend, Lil Peep. In summary: “Austin”, as peculiar as it is, can still fit into Malone’s universehas its own coherence and vision, even at a content level, It’s the guitar-driven, “played” album Posty always wanted to make. (and which he presented on tour with a band). Now, however, this umpteenth turn towards a very pop and American country, with more frivolous lyrics (just watch the video for “I had some help”, with some tacky elements) generates many question marks. Posty recently collaborated with Taylor Swift for “Fortnight”first single from “The tortured poets department”the new album by the international pop star. Fun fact: “Fortnight” has become the song with the most streams in a single day in Spotify history.
