“Cooped Up,” with Compton star Roddy Ricch, toasts to reconnecting with friends over cold ones. “Reputation” bristles at the singer’s public image as it worries about the long-term effects of nights whiled away on blunts and beer pong: “Take my own life just to save yours / I got a reputation that I can’t deny / You’re the superstar, entertain us.” After that, Toothache deploys most of its radio fare in a six-song stretch that feels like Post is settling up business. Like Stoney and Hollywood’s Bleeding before it, Toothache opens with a dark acoustic tune about the pitfalls of drinking. Post’s fourth album, Twelve Carat Toothache, tries to escape the formulas undergirding his earlier works and the pressures of being the life of the party. The yearning, bleating tone in the Stoney highlight “I Fall Apart,” the disaffected delivery in the gilded Beerbongs hit “Rockstar,” and the patient ascent from tired low notes to lilting and lovely ones in the reassuring Into the Spider-Verse soundtrack gem “Sunflower” are the keys to the kingdom. But the voice - the way mainstream musical genres collapse into a median sound as notes fall from Post’s mouth - is undeniable. Showing up to the video for his 2015 breakout hit “White Iverson” with gold teeth and cornrows didn’t help. His meteoric rise sparked accusations that he was using rap as a stepping-stone to mainstream notoriety. There are people who think Post Malone is a rich kid doing hip-hop cosplay. He’s successful not because we have any illusions about him being just like us his father worked for the Dallas Cowboys. Our patron saint of pilsners blessed us with paeans to partying through our sadness (and our happiness), serving the kind of relatable drinking anthems that get Bud Light to sponsor a dive-bar tour where you could catch Posty cracking a bottle in the middle of an emotive guitar solo and crooning through the next chorus with a beer in the air like a mirror image of his audience. ![]() This worked better than anyone could’ve imagined. 2016’s Stoney, 2018’s Beerbongs and Bentleys, and 2019’s Hollywood’s Bleeding brought catchy melodies and a country-rock wail to production that gave the first album’s “Congratulations” and the second album’s “Psycho” legs on hip-hop radio while appealing to enough pop and rock fans to coast on Top 40 stations. Post Malone’s first three albums were a careful juggling act. ![]() Home Tribune Premium Content Magazines New York Magazine New York Magazine: Post Malone Is Going Through Changes New York Magazine: Post Malone Is Going Through Changes New York Magazine June 26, 2022
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