Post Malone is plenty famous. But he’s not Taylor Swift– or Beyoncé-level famous, and he’s just fine with that.
âI canât even imagine being at their level â it must suck,â the “I Had Some Help” singer recently told the New York Times. Malone then described what it was like filming the “Fortnight” music video with Swift (he also collaborated with Beyoncé this year on “Leviiâs Jeans”). She needed “an umbrella and drapes over the golf cart so drones and a helicopter couldnât get footage,” he said, adding, “Thatâs so much pressure.”
Malone also discussed his upcoming country album F-1 Trillion, which includes duets with Tim McGraw, Dolly Parton, and Chris Stapleton. âGenres suck. Itâs easier to catalog music that way,” he said. “But at a certain point â and the cool thing is that itâs moving towards this â why canât you mix all this together and make something thatâs truly unique to you?â
When he was a kid, Malone said he would “go upstairs on the computer and make a beat and then put my headphones in and try to learn a Metallica riff and then Iâd get the acoustic guitar and learn to play âTear In My Beer.’ I would write a Hank Williams or Johnny song, record that, sing over some 808s and record that song, and then Iâd make an indie-rock song and record that, too.”
F-1 Trillion is out 8/16 via Republic. Find more information here.
