Post Malone’s long-awaited sixth album dropped on Aug. 16, and it’s already a hit. With 18 songs ranging from love letters to tailgate anthems and 15 features, this truly is an all-encompassing country album.
First coming onto the music scene as a pop-rap artist with “White Iverson,” Malone has never limited himself to one genre throughout his career. He’s successfully experimented with different genres and sounds, from trap beats to guitar and now country.
Love Letters to Tailgate Anthems
This album covers it all.
“I Had Some Help,” the lead single off the album featuring Morgan Wallen, is what got fans excited for Malone’s turn to country music. The semi-serious lyrics set to a catchy, sing-along tune perfectly set the tone for the album.
“Finer Things” with Hank Williams Jr. is a hype anthem about the riches of life, perfect for tailgate parties.
Malone even dives into storytelling with “Hide My Gun” — a Bonnie and Clyde style story about how far you’d go to protect your partner, even if that means covering up a murder and going on the run. While “M-E-X-I-C-O” — an upbeat sing-along about a man’s wild adventure, perfect for clapping along to while sitting around a campfire.
The most heartfelt songs on the album are the ones he sings by himself. “What Don’t Belong To Me” is a somber reflection of his past and the toll it takes on his future. Referencing the shallow relationships, drinking and drugs during his rockstar-living, he realizes how much it took from him when he suddenly finds someone that he wants to give it all to but can’t.
The album ends with “Yours,” a song for Malone’s baby girl for when she’s all grown up and moving on to her own relationships. Malone sings a heartfelt message to his daughter and her future lover all set to the slow strums of a guitar.
The extended version of the album, “F-1 Trillion: Long Bed,” features nine more songs of Malone’s solo venture into the country music scene, with more hits like “Dead At The Honky Tonk.”
15 Features
Malone got all the big names in country music on this album.
He received guidance from veterans Tim McGraw, Brad Paisley, Hank Williams Jr., Blake Shelton and Dolly Parton, giving him a base for modern-day country music while also inspiring him to write in the manner of all the songs he grew up appreciating.
He collaborated with newer artists Sierra Ferrell, Lainey Wilson, Luke Combs and Jelly Roll to enter and add his name to the list of people who are shaping country music today.
Malone has proved he’s a collaborative artist in the past, working with everyone from Doja Cat to Noah Kahan while adding to each song in the most uplifting way, and this album is no different. The scale of welcoming and inclusion of different artists is opening the music scene to more inclusion across the board. This translates from the artists to the listeners, and creates a more open and uplifting community, which is such a beautiful thing.
