
Now they always say congratulations
Worked so hard, forgot how to vacation
They ain't never had the dedication
People hatin', say we changed and look, we made it
Yeah, we made it
Austin Richard Post (born July 4, 1995), better known as Post Malone, is an American rapper and singer from Grapevine, Texas. Best known for being one of the most notable trap musicians, as well being a Fountain of Memes, as well for his laid back, goofy personality.
Releasing his first album Stoney in 2016. The album peaked at Number Four, and spawned the hits "White Iverson" and "Congratulations". His second album beerbongs & bentleys topped the charts in several countries and included the number 1 charting single "Psycho".
In August 2024, Malone released his sixth album F-1 Trillion, which featured a notable genre shift toward country music. Prior to this in May, his song "I Had Some Help", featuring country singer Morgan Wallen was a huge hit which gave Malone his sixth Number One song and Wallen his second; debuted at #1 on both Billboard's Hot 100 and Hot Country songs, and remained #1 for five weeks, something which had never been done before.
Discography:
- August 26th (2016) (mixtape)
- Stoney (2016)
- beerbongs & bentleys (2018)
- Hollywood's Bleeding (2019)
- twelve carat toothache (2022)
- Austin (2023)
- F-1 Trillion (2024)
Trope Malone:
- Addiction Song: "Love/Hate Letter to Alcohol".You're the reason why I got my ass kicked
But you're the only way to drown my sadness - all lowercase letters: beerbongs & bentleys.
- Boastful Rap: In spades.
- Break-Up Song: "I Fall Apart", "Better Now", "Otherside", "Die for Me".
- Call-Back: "Wow." calls back to both "Congratulations" from Stoneynote and "Takin' Shots" from beerbongs and bentleysnote .
- Cover Version: "Only Wanna Be With You" for Pokemon’s 25th anniversary, and an entire virtual charity concert with Travis Barker dedicated to Nirvana during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- "Return of the Mack" with Craig Robinson during Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity variety special.
- "Heartless" in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge.
- Darker and Edgier: beerbongs & bentleys is much moodier than Stoney. Twelve Carat Toothache is even worse, with it seeming like the singer is in an extended mental health crisis for much of the album, with clear references to suicidal ideation in some tracks.
- Dead Sparks: The lyrics of "Circles" has the singer lament the stagnated state of love the singer has with the romantic partner."Seasons change and our love went cold
Feed the flame 'cause we can't let go
Run away, but we're running in circles
Run away, run away
I dare you to do something
I'm waiting on you again, so I don't take the blame
Run away, but we're running in circles
Run away, run away, run away" - Drugs Are Good: Mainly weed. Songs like "Texas Tea" also talk about ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms use.
- Epic Fail: A particular incident that made Post even more big was the time he attempted to stage dive to his fans...except they failed to catch him.
- Melodic Rap: Frequently twists his raps with a melodic flow. "Rockstar" and "Better Now" are among his best examples.
- New Sound Album: F-1 Trillion is a country album instead of the hip-hop of previous albums.
- One-Word Title: "Congratulations", "Cold", "Feel", "Psycho", "Rockstar", "Stay", "Patient", "Wow.", "Allergic", "Circles", "Enemies", "Myself", "Internet", "Reputation", "Insane", "Chemical", "Novacandy", "Overdrive", "Mourning", "Speedometer", "Socialite", "Landmine" and "Sunflower".note
- Pin-Pulling Teeth: The Weeknd does this in the video for "One Right Now" to dispose of a group of mooks.
- Record Producer: At the beginning of his career, his main producer was FKI 1st, but since beerbongs and bentleys most of his music has been produced by Louis Bell.
- Sampling:
- "Hollywood Dreams/Come Down" interpolates Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams"
- "Same Bitches" interpolates The Zombies' "Time of the Season"
- "Sugar Wraith" interpolates Sugar Ray's "Fly".
- Self-Titled Album: Austin, for his real first name.
- Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The theme for "Rockstar".
- The Stoner: When your first LP is titled Stoney... well, no kidding.
- Shout-Out: The music video for "Rockstar" is a huge Kill Bill reference. The song itself pays tribute to a variety of famous rockstars, most notably Bon Scott, Jim Morrison and The Rolling Stones ("Shit was legendary, threw a TV out the window at The Montage").
- "Psycho" and its music video is basically an entire tribute to the Fallout franchise.
- "Better Now" features a reference to the Jonas Brothers. On a similar note, "Zack & Codeine" is pretty self-explanatory.
- "Sugar Wraith" namedrops infamous music critic Anthony Fantano.
- The music video for "One Right Now" is an extended homage to A Better Tomorrow II.
- "Wow." namedrops Dak Prescott and his cover of "Only Wanna Be With You" also references the Dallas Cowboys, replacing the Miami Dolphins reference from the original song.
