Post Malone Continues Threats to Make a Country Album

Post Malone continues to flirt with the idea of making a country album. And with the collaborations he’s already been a part of, the things he’s said, and the artists he’s touted, it’s hard to not continue to take him seriously, and to think if he does do a country album, it might actually be pretty good, or at least be influenced by the right stuff.
Last week (June 14th), Post Malone was on The Howard Stern Show for an interview and some performances, and spelled out how his “country” album may come about. “To be honest, there’s nothing stopping me from taking a camera or setting up in my studio in Utah and just recording a country album (to put) on YouTube,” he said. “I’m allowed to do that. I’m a human being.”
At this point, the list of Post Malone’s dalliances with country is quite long, and getting longer by the day. Of course there was the time he covered Sturgill Simpson’s “You Can Have The Crown” and Brady Paisley’s “I’m Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin’ Song)” with members of Dwight Yoakam’s band on a livestream benefit hosted by Matthew McConaughey in 2021. He’s spent all kinds of time with Billy Strings, writing songs, and appearing on stage with him recently in California to perform Johnny Cash’s “Cocaine Blues.”
Then there’s Post Malone wearing Tyler Childers and Colter Wall T-Shirts, hanging out with Dwight Yoakam on his SiriusXM radio show. Even dating back to 2015, Post Malone said one of his dream collaborations was George Strait in an interview on HOT 97. The list goes on from there. Raised in Texas, clearly Post Malone has a deep knowledge and passion for country stuff, and the right stuff, or we wouldn’t continue to see his name pop up so often collaborating or shouting out cool folks.
But if Post Malone eventually does record a country album, we probably shouldn’t expect it to be anytime soon. In that same Howard Stern interview, Malone said he was taking a year for himself before going into the studio to “make a fuc*ing country album.” But that also seems to imply that recording a country album in a year or so might be part of the plan.
Post Malone just dropped a brand new 16-song album called Twelve Carat Toothache a couple of weeks ago (June 3rd), which was the reason he was talking to Howard Stern in the first place, so it’s understandable jumping right back into the studio is probably not a top priority for him at the moment.
Of course, we have no clue if a hypothetical Post Malone country record would be any good, and it’s fair to question the implications and authenticity of a huge pop/hip-hop/R&B star showing up and throwing his weight around in the country scene. Country music is for country artists, and he could take a lot of oxygen out of the room reserved for actual country performers.
But then again, it’s not like Post Malone would need to “go country” to salvage his career. It would be a passion project. And if Post Malone collaborates with folks like Billy Strings and Sturgill Simpson, and features legends like George Strait and Dwight Yoakam, it could be a boon for independent and legendary country artists, just like many of Post Malone shout out’s have already been to some degree, as independent and older country music continues to gain market share due to people searching out more authentic music, and finding it, no thanks to country radio, but thanks to people like Post Malone helping to shine a light on the real stuff.
June 19, 2022 @ 11:55 am
Remember to wish honky a happy Father’s Day trigger
(I jest of course)
June 19, 2022 @ 12:23 pm
“Raised in Texas, clearly Post Malone has a deep knowledge and passion for country stuff, and the right stuff, …”
Dumb comment.
June 20, 2022 @ 8:45 am
and also “….wearing Tyler Childers and Colter Wall T-Shirts”
Yeah that’s country cred right there. Can I sign up twice while I put my 80’s country cd’s back in the drawer?
June 19, 2022 @ 1:01 pm
“I’m allowed to do that. I’m a human being.”
I like this dude.
June 19, 2022 @ 5:57 pm
At least his name is better than Jelly Roll.
June 19, 2022 @ 7:09 pm
I made fun of Jelly Roll’s face tattoos in that comment section, so just to be fair: Post Malone’s face tats look stupid as hell.
June 19, 2022 @ 7:31 pm
Agree!
June 19, 2022 @ 7:36 pm
Jelly Roll and Post Toasties. Man. Do we really need this?
June 19, 2022 @ 6:01 pm
This is why gatekeepers are important.
But it is too late. The barbarians overran the walls decades ago.
June 20, 2022 @ 8:53 am
The same gatekeepers that spit out Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, Darius Rucker, Steven Tyler, and Aaron Lewis as “country” artists?
June 20, 2022 @ 6:24 pm
Darius Rucker actually pulled it off The others? Not so much. Tyler was the worst. What a joke that was.
June 21, 2022 @ 7:24 am
Darius is talented and has some soul in his singing. So it was not an improbable transition.
June 21, 2022 @ 11:18 am
Plus, he hadn’t recorded a mainstream hit in over a decade.
Much more plausible transition to country than a successful pop writer, producer, and performer.
June 21, 2022 @ 1:17 pm
The guaranteed hits for Darius started drying up around the time Clemson started winning national champions.
Tough times for the South Carolina fan.
June 21, 2022 @ 1:15 pm
Exactly. The lack of effective gatekeepers allowed for easy access.
Darius actually sounded country and has a great voice. He just rarely picked interesting songs.
June 21, 2022 @ 8:09 am
We need gatekeeping so badly in country music because when their crap music is allowed to go out we got inept people praising it and dancing to it in city country bars
June 19, 2022 @ 6:05 pm
I’m kinda post this guy already.
June 20, 2022 @ 3:57 am
Malone’s Simpson and Paisley covers were pretty darn good and show that the guy can do country, and do it quite well, if he wants to. I am in no way a fan of his regular music at all, I simply cannot stand the stuff, but if he comes out with a country album, I will definitely check it out.
June 20, 2022 @ 8:43 am
The Brad Paisley cover sucked. The dude seriously lacks rhythm. He can sort of sing, but he is a studio creation. The greaseball needs to stay in his lane. What is considered acceptable country has devolved into some sort of special olympics.
June 20, 2022 @ 3:35 pm
Ya dood!!!
Post Malone would be nothing without the studio guy who writes, records, and produces all of his songs!!!
Post Malone would be NOTHING without Austin Post!!!
That guy even has the credits on songs recorded when Malone was a nobody! He clearly manufactured that entire “Post Malone” character.
June 22, 2022 @ 8:26 pm
Dagger
August 28, 2022 @ 8:54 am
i cant tell if youre being serious or not
August 28, 2022 @ 8:58 am
Hah, that’s a sorry indication of the state of this comment section!
June 20, 2022 @ 3:43 pm
Now, Imma bout to REALLY blow your mind:
Some guy named “Ben Hoffman” writes all of Certified Outlaw Legend Wheeler Walker Jr’s songs.
Hell, that “Uncle Tupelo” fellow was a Milli Vanilli situation!
All of his songs were written by two cats named Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy! They even did the vocals!
June 21, 2022 @ 8:16 am
hes just some jew comedian what else is new
June 21, 2022 @ 11:12 am
Yeah, Hoffman really is the Shel Silverstein to Wheeler’s Dr. Hook.
June 20, 2022 @ 4:01 am
The guy can sing. The guy can play. The guy can write. He knows his way around a hook.
And I genuinely believe that if he records a country album, he’ll pull out all the stops, rather than half-assing it.
June 20, 2022 @ 7:17 am
If you think he can sing look up his cover of Alice in Chains Rooster. You’ll be blown away……by how awful he is at singing.
June 20, 2022 @ 7:38 am
Ew. Alice in Chains.
Wouldn’t expect him to reproduce a whiny baritone, haha.
The guy’s a tenor…which is why the Paisley cover works really well.
June 20, 2022 @ 6:57 am
Yawn
June 20, 2022 @ 8:42 am
George Strait taking a shit in a heavily graffitied public restroom would be a better collaboration.
June 20, 2022 @ 12:48 pm
His cover of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” I’d pretty dang good too.
If he wanted to, he could make a quality country album.
June 20, 2022 @ 11:15 pm
Watched the video on YouTube of him doing that tune on Dwight Yoakam’s show. I have been to dozens of open mics where performers did a better job on that song than Malone did. He brings absolutely nothing special or different to it, other than the fact he’s Post Malone.
A rapper picks up an acoustic guitar and we’re supposed to swoon over his “versatility”?
June 21, 2022 @ 7:22 am
HAHA! right?! Being able to sing while playing an acoustic guitar is the bare minimum of being a “singer”
June 21, 2022 @ 11:14 am
Yeah, it’s not like he’s George Strait or anything!
Malone writes and produces all of his songs, after all.
June 21, 2022 @ 1:10 pm
Awesome. You like hip-hop and came here to shit on George Strait. Please go read some articles at The Root and leave us alone.
June 21, 2022 @ 4:44 pm
A) Who the fuck are you, sweetie? I’ve never seen you (or your second handle) on SCM before.
B) I can’t imagine thinking that Post Malone is “Hip Hop,” haha.
C) I can’t imagine thinking that “The Root” is a hip hop site.
Like, I’m genuinely trying to decide which idea is more fucking idiotic:
That every website which writes about Black culture primarily exists to discuss hip hop music…that a site which primarily exists to discuss hip hop music considers Austin Post “hip hop”…or that a site which primarily writes about Black culture stans a white pop singer from the DallASS suburbs.
June 21, 2022 @ 4:48 pm
I mean, Christ.
I’ve gotta hope this is Ben Hoffman’s account. It depresses me to think a real person could be dumb enough to think this was “subtle” racism.
June 21, 2022 @ 1:11 pm
Please go back to The Root message boards, thanks.
June 21, 2022 @ 4:54 pm
Have really been to “dozens” of open mikes where someone covered “Don’t think twice, it’s alright”?
June 22, 2022 @ 2:34 am
Seriously. This guy needs to find better open mics.
June 22, 2022 @ 2:59 am
Replying to the post above:
That you think ‘The Root’ is just a publication about ‘black culture’ and not a hotbed of ethno-narcissist bigotry is telling..
I know it’s not primarily a hip-hop magazine. I correctly surmised you were a sympathetic reader of such a publication, one which is very obviously biased against the rural and suburban white population that makes up the majority of country listeners.
I also wouldn’t go comment on articles in The Source, shitting on Jay-Z or Rakim. But you can come here and talk shit about George Strait? To defend Post Malone.. hmm..
For you, any criticism is ‘racism’. You can dish it out but can’t take it.
June 22, 2022 @ 8:51 am
Jaysus. Try not to choke on the buzzword vomit, chief.
I don’t read the Root. They’re the same type of faux-woke corporate drivel as Jezebel.
…which is why the only time a guy like Post Malone would be featured is for a “Thinkpiece” on whether he’s engaging in cultural appropriation, haha.
Anyway, Jay-Z and Rakim don’t work as comparisons for George Strait, either – they write their own lyrics, after all! Rakim even produces his own stuff.
Maybe Vanilla Ice? Or Drake? Cube and the DOC wrote all of Eazy-E’s stuff, too.
Anyway, this meltdown over a light jab at George Strait for not writing his own stuff is hilarious. If you actually spent any time on this site, you’d know I’m a “Write and Play Your Own Shit” snob who listens almost exclusively to singer-songwriter Americana stuff.
June 22, 2022 @ 9:53 am
Snob is right… Songwriting isn’t the only measure of value. George Strait is just as beloved as Rakim or Biggie, and you know it. You just don’t think anyone will push back on your dumbass opinions.
If we’re just throwing out biased takes, “Paul’s Boutique” is the best rap album of all time. “The Cold Vein” is better than Illmatic. Daniel Dumille is a top 5 rapper.
June 22, 2022 @ 2:44 am
Yeah. Go figure. It’s a Bob Dylan song. The song’s been around since 1963. So yeah, in 59 years, lots of people have done that song and I’ve witnessed several. And nearly all of them did versions that were the equal of or better than the one Post Malone did.
But he’s Post Malone and they’re not so they don’t matter.
June 22, 2022 @ 4:13 am
Which is it, “dozens”, or “several”? There is quite a difference. Remember, a dozen is 12 and several is more than 2 but not many. I question whether you’ve been to dozens of open mic nights, much less dozens where “Don’t think twice…” was performed.
June 22, 2022 @ 7:37 am
I mean…yeah. The standard for a cover performance is lower when the guy’s a successful songwriter and producer in his own right, haha.
Like, when I listen to someone like Malone cover an acoustic song, I’m wondering “If he wrote something of his own within this genre, does he have the singing and playing chops to pull it off,” not “Is he effectively imitating the original.”
I think he could put together a solid album of Zach Bryan-style songs, if he wants to.
June 23, 2022 @ 7:48 am
I counted them up. Twenty-five. So two dozen (dozens, plural) plus one.
Whew! Just under the wire.
And given that I’ve been playing for years and like to workshop new stuff at open mics, I’ve been to many.
June 23, 2022 @ 10:12 am
Wait. Twenty-five. So you actually kept a log of of open mics you attended where “Don’t Think Twice…” was performed? That is… interesting.
Also most people would say 25 or 2 dozen. Not “dozens”.
June 21, 2022 @ 1:50 pm
At this point, I really hope he does it. Not because I really want to listen to it, but just because I know how much it will piss some of the proud gatekeepers off.
Malone has 4 studio albums, all of them #1s. He’s an incredible musician that has a lot of genuine love and respect for all genres of music, and by all accounts, is an all around good dude.
In order for kids to hop the bandwagon, and breathe new life into the genre, you need stars to tell those kids your music is cool. Post Malone is a star. Malone doing a country album, even if it sucks, is a net positive for country music.
June 24, 2022 @ 7:48 am
Wow. The Pedantry Police are really out in force today. Are you going to write me a ticket, officer, or let me off with a warning?
Checked my notes and I’ve only heard Don McLean’s “Vincent” done three times at open mics. It’s a harder song to do..
June 21, 2022 @ 7:40 pm
If he wants to do a country album, have at it. I’ll give it a listen. I grew up on Waylon, Merle, Hank, George and so many more. But listening to people say he’s not country and never can be is simply ridiculous. You don’t have to agree with everything everyone does. But it’s their right to do it. It doesn’t take away from what you think country is or what you choose to listen to. When people start to realize that you will be much happier. And I used to be one of those people who yelled “that’s not real country”. But then I realized who cares. I get to choose what I listen to. That’s what really matters.
June 21, 2022 @ 11:58 pm
Post Malone would be a welcome addition to the genre, he does country right, he doesn’t do country rap, he does country and he shows it love. He has talked at length about his affection for the music we love. This would be one interloper I would welcome.
June 22, 2022 @ 6:48 pm
Now that would be something… for the guy whom Sam Hunt, Niko Moon, et al. aspire to be to come out with something that’s more country than anything by Sam Hunt, Niko Moon, et al.
This could be good for country music in the long run, actually. It might inspire the country-trappers who insist on imitating everything popular in pop to make some real country music.
June 22, 2022 @ 11:01 am
Cool Lester,
Do you write & sing?
Sincere question.
If so, choose something in your repertoire.
I for one, am very curious.
Post a link, i want to hear it.
Not being a smarta**. (hard to believe, yes).
There are so many incredible voices out there, & most will remain unheard.
: D
We’re going straight to quadruple dog dare ya.
June 22, 2022 @ 1:51 pm
I write poetry and sing karaoke, haha.
I’m multiple friends’ go-to for the Cooper part of Shallow, but I don’t play anything well enough to construct a proper song, haha!
Also, I love George Strait! Selecting and interpreting a song is an art to itself!
It’s such a shame that certain special interest groups (like Incel XYZ) get so triggered by obvious jokes.
June 22, 2022 @ 6:02 pm
Well, CLS.
A war in the comments that involves you but I am not involved.
I almost feel obligated to join in for old times sake. Haha.
June 22, 2022 @ 6:43 pm
No more comments on this thread. Any further comments will be deleted.
June 22, 2022 @ 1:52 pm
This is America! His fee-fees shouldn’t be my responsibility.
June 22, 2022 @ 2:33 pm
Oh, now you’re throwing out ‘incel’ in addition to ‘racist’. Because someone accused you of reading The Root. Hahahaha
Face it man, you took the bait and are now defending yourself on a completely separate thread. Take the L on this one.
Sincerely,
DallASS suburbs (lol)
June 22, 2022 @ 4:03 pm
I didn’t specify anyone.
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Crazy how you felt targeted.
June 22, 2022 @ 4:14 pm
I assume you’re the same snowflake who had a hysterical meltdown after I made a minor joke about George Strait, and are now on your tenth handle?
The one who only knows that the Root is about “black stuff”…and knows so little about “black stuff” that you think any reader of the Root has spent as much time listening to Post Malone’s music as you have sucking off people who have told you that they’re George Strait’s roadie, and can introduce you.
June 22, 2022 @ 4:37 pm
Well, now you’ve moved on to the homophobia.
Maybe don’t come here to criticize beloved country artists? Strait isn’t Willie or Merle or Hank or George, but in some parts, he’s damn close.
You clearly know a lot about music, I’ll give you that. But if you act like an asshole, just maybe you should expect some pushback once in awhile.
June 22, 2022 @ 5:12 pm
So… you clearly read or have read The Root. And you know a lot (a lot!) about Post Malone.
Is this some kind of Rachel Dolezal thing? I mean, no offense to Rachel Dolezal, but something is off here.
June 22, 2022 @ 2:06 pm
Who knows,maybe I’ll make a new Country album .
July 17, 2022 @ 11:48 am
As long as there are no trucks, dogs, tailgate, momma, gurl, down by the river, beer references, I’ll give him a listen.
August 15, 2022 @ 7:53 am
” Sir show me your country license and registration card.”
October 5, 2022 @ 4:57 pm
Hmmmm.Maybe I’ll put out a Country album to coincide with my 70th birthday next July 6.