Malone began his music career in 2011 and gained recognition with his 2015 debut single "White Iverson", which peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100. Malone signed a recording contract with Republic Records and released his debut album Stoney; it contained the diamond single "Congratulations" (featuring Quavo) and set the record for most weeks (77) on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. His second album, beerbongs & bentleys, debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and set several streaming records. It also contained the US number-one singles "Rockstar" (featuring 21 Savage) and "Psycho" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign) and was nominated for Album of the Year at the 61st Grammy Awards.
His third number one, "Sunflower" (with Swae Lee), was the promotional and lead single to the soundtrack for the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and was included on Malone's third album, Hollywood's Bleeding; the album was his second number one. Its second single, "Circles", reached number one and set the record for most weeks (39) in the top ten on the Hot 100. His fourth album, Twelve Carat Toothache, was released in June 2022, spearheaded by the US top-ten singles "I Like You (A Happier Song)" (featuring Doja Cat) and "One Right Now" (with The Weeknd).
Among the best-selling music artists with over 80 million records sold, Malone has won 10 Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, and one MTV Video Music Award, and received nine Grammy Award nominations. He holds several Billboard chart records: he is the first solo artist to top the Rap Airplay and Adult Contemporary charts, while "Circles" set the record for the longest climb to number one (41 weeks) on the Adult Contemporary chart by a solo artist.
Austin Richard Post was born on July 4, 1995, in Syracuse, New York. He was raised by his father, Richard Post, and his stepmother, Jodie. His father had been a DJ in his youth and introduced Malone to many different genres of music including hip-hop, country, and rock. When Malone was nine years old, he and his family moved to Grapevine, Texas, after his father became the manager of concessions for the Dallas Cowboys. Malone began to play the guitar and auditioned for the American band Crown the Empire in 2010, but was rejected after his guitar strings broke during the audition. He credited his initial interest in learning guitar to the video game Guitar Hero.
Malone has always had a love for alternative rock music, and appeared for a DJ set at Emo Nite in Los Angeles, California, in June 2017, playing songs by American alt-rock band My Chemical Romance at the event. According to Malone, his first foray into professional music began when he was in a heavy metal band. He says soon afterward he transitioned to softer rock as well as hip-hop, before beginning to experiment on FL Studio.
According to Malone, he chose "Post Malone" as his stage name when he was 14 or 15. The name was rumored to be a reference to the professional basketball player Karl Malone, but Malone later explained that "Post" is his last name, and he used a "rap name generator" to get "Malone". At 16, using the audio editor Audacity, Malone created his first mixtape, Young and After Them Riches. He showed it to some of his classmates at Grapevine High School. He was voted "Most Likely to Become Famous" by his classmates as a senior in high school. He worked at a Chicken Express as a teenager.
Malone later enrolled in Tarrant County College but dropped out. After leaving college, Malone moved to Los Angeles, California, with his longtime friend Jason Probst, a professional game streamer.
After moving to Los Angeles, Malone, Probst, and several other producers and artists formed the music group BLCKVRD and recorded music together. Several members of the group, including Malone, moved into a house in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley together. While living in the San Fernando Valley, Malone met record producers FKi 1st and Sauce Lord Rich, who formed the production team FKi, as well as Rex Kudo, who produced several of Malone's tracks, including "White Iverson". Malone recorded the song two days after writing it. The lyrics of "White Iverson" allude to Basketball Hall of Fame player Allen Iverson. In February 2015, upon completion, it was uploaded to Malone's SoundCloud account. On July 19, 2015, Malone released a music video for "White Iverson".
After hitting one million views within a month of releasing "White Iverson", Malone quickly garnered attention from record labels. In August 2015, he signed a recording contract with Republic Records. Malone went on to work with a number of prominent rappers including 50 Cent, Young Thug, Kanye West, and others. In August 2015, he performed at Kylie Jenner's 18th birthday party, where he met Kanye West, who enjoyed his music, leading to him collaborating with Malone on his single "Fade" from his album The Life of Pablo. Malone later began a friendship with Canadian singer Justin Bieber leading to Malone being an opening act for Bieber's Purpose World Tour (2016–17). On April 20, 2016, Malone premiered his new single, "Go Flex" on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 show.
On May 12, 2016, he released his first full-length project, a mixtape, titled August 26th, the title of which was a reference to the release date of his debut album. On June 9, 2016, Malone made his national television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, performing "Go Flex".
In June 2016, XXL editor-in-chief Vanessa Satten revealed Malone was considered for XXL's "2016 Freshman Class" magazine cover, but she was "told by his camp that he wasn't paying attention to hip hop so much. He was going in more of a rock/pop/country direction." However, Malone denied these claims, explaining that his latest mixtape, as well as his album, were both hip-hop. In August 2016, Malone issued an apology for his album, Stoney, being late. It was available for pre-order on November 4 and was finally released on December 9. Malone later went on to call the album "mediocre", despite the success of the single "Congratulations" featuring Quavo, Malone's first top-ten song on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eight. Stoney also featured the top 100 hits "I Fall Apart", and "Deja Vu", featuring Bieber, with the album later being certified double platinum by the RIAA in October 2017.
In February 2017, Malone revealed the title of his next project, beerbongs & bentleys, and was set to be released in December, before eventually being pushed back to 2018. In September, Malone released the first single from the album, "Rockstar", featuring 21 Savage. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and held the spot for eight consecutive weeks prompting Rolling Stone in 2017 to say he is "one of the most popular musicians in the country". In November of the same year, Malone released the official music video for "Rockstar", directed by Emil Nava.
On February 20, 2018, Malone previewed his new song with Ty Dolla Sign titled "Psycho". "Psycho" was released on February 23, 2018, and a tour with 21 Savage was announced. The song debuted at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Malone's third entry in the top 10; it would later top the charts in June of that year, becoming Malone's second number one. On April 5, 2018, Malone stated that Beerbongs & Bentleys will be released on April 27, 2018. The same day, he also premiered the song "Stay" during the Bud Lite Dive Bar show in Nashville. Upon release, Beerbongs & Bentleys broke the first-day streaming records on Spotify, with 78.7 million streams worldwide. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 moving 461,000 album-equivalent units in its first week, with 153,000 coming from pure sales. The album was also certified platinum by the RIAA after four days and spawned three top 10 songs and six top 20 songs.
In an interview with Billboard in May 2018, Malone's manager announced that Malone was planning to start his own record label and film production company and Malone later won Top Rap Song at the Billboard Music Awards for "Rockstar" featuring 21 Savage. Malone confirmed in June 2018 that he was writing his third album, and confirmed that a festival would be taking place, organized by him, titled "Posty Fest", in Dallas, Texas on October 28. Malone promised a "blockbuster" lineup with headliners like rapper Travis Scott.
In August, Malone broke Michael Jackson's 34-year-old record for most weeks on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with Stoney reaching its 77th week on the ranking compared to the 76 weeks that Thriller spent. A collaboration album with rapper Mac Miller was also teased in August 2018. During his appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, he previewed his song "Sunflower", a collaboration with Swae Lee, from the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In November 2018, it was confirmed Malone was recording his third album in his Utah home.
Malone was nominated for 4 awards at the 61st Grammy Awards for his album beerbongs & bentleys. Among the nominations was Album of the Year and Record of the Year. He performed with the Red Hot Chili Peppers at the awards show on February 10, 2019.
In July 2019, Malone released the single "Goodbyes" featuring Young Thug and also announced the Runaway Tour with Swae Lee as the opener. On August 5, Malone shared a snippet of an unreleased track "Circles" on YouTube. He then performed the song at his second annual Bud Light: Dive Bar concert and confirmed that the official song would be released the following week. That same day and on July 25, 2019, at Cheyenne Frontier Days he announced the album was finished. He released the song on August 30, 2019. He confirmed that his third studio album would be released on September 6, 2019. On August 26, 2019, Malone announced on Twitter that his third album was called Hollywood's Bleeding and would be released on September 6, 2019. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling 489,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Hollywood's Bleeding would also go on to be nominated for Album of the Year at the 63rd Grammys.
On March 12, 2020, Malone's concert at Denver's Pepsi Center proceeded as scheduled, drawing a sellout crowd of 20,000, likely the last large-scale enclosed gathering in the U.S. before COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. Malone received backlash for not canceling his sold-out arena show amid rising concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. Reportedly, future U.S. tour dates in March were postponed by Live Nation on March 12, 2020.
On April 24, 2020, Malone announced that a new album was in progress during a live stream performance. In late April 2020, Malone performed a live-streamed set consisting entirely of Nirvana covers from his home. Malone sang lead vocals and provided rhythm guitar for the set. He was accompanied by drummer Travis Barker, bassist Brian Lee and lead guitarist Nick Mac. The performance raised over $5 million for the World Health Organization's COVID-19 relief fund. The performance also received praise from Nirvana's surviving members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl, as well as Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love.
In June 2020, Malone was featured on Tyla Yaweh's single, "Tommy Lee". The single was followed up with a remix, released July 10, 2020, featuring drums from Tommy Lee himself, as well as a re-recorded guitar instrumental. A second remix to the song, featuring rapper Saint Jhn, was released subsequently. On April 30, 2021, Malone was featured on DJ Khaled's twelfth studio album Khaled Khaled on the song "I Did It" also featuring DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, and Lil Baby.
On July 9, 2021, Malone released the single "Motley Crew" with an accompanying music video, featuring several guest stars, past collaborators, and friends including Tommy Lee, Tyga, Tyla Yaweh, and his manager Dre London. The music video was directed by Cole Bennett of Lyrical Lemonade. On November 5, Malone released "One Right Now" with the Weeknd, as the lead single from his fourth studio album. On January 26, 2022, during his cover story will Billboard, Malone revealed that his fourth studio album would be titled Twelve Carat Toothache. In April 2022, Republic Records relaunched Mercury Records with a new roster that includes Post Malone. On April 27, 2022, Post revealed that Twelve Carat Toothache would be released on June 3, 2022. Malone released the album's second single, "Cooped Up" with Roddy Ricch, on May 12, 2022.
On May 14, 2022, he appeared as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live and performed "Cooped Up" with Ricch, as well as an unreleased song titled "Love/Hate Letter to Alcohol", in which he was joined by Fleet Foxes. Malone had previously confirmed that he had worked with Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold on a song for the album.
For the 2022 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers film, Malone covered the theme song from the 1989 television series of the same name, originally performed by Jeff Pescetto in the series and by The Jets in album releases.
On August 12, 2022, the documentary film Runaway premiered on the Amazon Prime Video channel Freevee. It showed behind-the-scenes moments from the first leg of the Runaway Tour in 2019, as well as performances from some of the highlighted dates, such as New York City, Chicago, and the 2019 Posty Fest in Arlington.
In April 2023, Malone announced that he was working on a new album. On April 14, 2023, Malone released "Chemical", as the lead single from his fifth studio album AUSTIN. On April 21, 2023, Malone released The Diamond Collection, a nine-song compilation of his record-breaking eight RIAA Diamond-certified singles, along with the single "Chemical".
Malone cites Bob Dylan, in whom he became interested around the age of 15, as an influence on his music, calling him "a genius" and "a god" though his music has been called "about as far away from Rock n' Roll as you can get". He called "Subterranean Homesick Blues" the "first rap song". He has a tattoo of Dylan as well. Malone has cited Kurt Cobain and Johnny Cash as key influences too. Malone has also cited 50 Cent, whom he called a legend, Kanye West and Key! as influences.
That's It
Post Malone Lyrics
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Then I light my Marijuana, take a shot up out the choppa
J's jumpin' out the locker, spend a little guapa
She want candy, Aaron Carter
I called her Candy when I saw her, pull up with my brothers
Candy-painted flyin' saucer, test me, you'll get flyin' colors
Hunnid bitches coming up the steps
She said she don't wanna do too much drugs
Believe me, baby, I do this shit like every day like every day
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
Wanna talk about them Martins?, Do you wanna talk about them Jordans?
Enjoy a 40 every mornin', Everclear and some recordin'
101, on the 101 like Jeff Gordon, I just popped a pill, she just popped a pill
And we might just pop some more, I ain't stoppin' 'til like 20
Up until like 4, SmartWater like some dummies
Taking shots up out the semi, that shit kill me like I'm Kenny
Oh, bitches walking down the steps
Turn the front lights off, got a blunt all to myself
No I don't want all this shit to get too deep
But listen baby, there ain't no shit with you and me
No "you and me," no
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
The song “That’s It” by Post Malone talks about the rapper’s lavish and carefree lifestyle, characterized by partying, drug use, and living in the moment. The opening lines paint a picture of an indulgent morning after a wild night partying, as Post Malone wakes up in a hot tub, spilling Moet champagne into the water. He then proceeds to light up his joint and take a shot of alcohol from the choppa, a term often used to describe a helicopter. Continuing with his flamboyant lifestyle, he mentions his newly acquired Candy-painted flying saucer, which he proudly drives accompanied by his “brothers.”
As the song progresses, Post Malone talks about a woman who joins him for more drug use and partying, with no strings attached. He asserts that she doesn’t want anything from him, and he doesn’t want anything from her, except to pop some pills and have a good time. The line “And we might just pop some more, I ain't stoppin' 'til like 20” shows the extent of his addiction and his insatiable craving for drugs. Towards the end, he mentions that he doesn't want things to get too deep with the girl, insisting that there is no “you and me.”
In essence, the song captures the hedonistic and escapist lifestyle that Post Malone seems to enjoy. It shows a disregard for the consequences of his actions and signals a lack of concern for forming meaningful relationships, instead electing for the instant gratification that comes with partying and drug use.
Line by Line Meaning
Woke up in a hot tub, spillin' Moet, in the water
I woke up in a hot tub, spilling Moet champagne everywhere.
Then I light my Marijuana, take a shot up out the choppa
After that, I light my marijuana and take a shot of liquor from my gun-shaped liquor bottle.
J's jumpin' out the locker, spend a little guapa
My sneakers are so cool that they seem to jump out of the locker. I'm spending a lot of money on them.
She want candy, Aaron Carter
The girl I'm interested in wants candy. I called her Candy, referencing pop star Aaron Carter's hit song.
I called her Candy when I saw her, pull up with my brothers
When I saw her, I called her Candy. I arrived with my brothers.
Candy-painted flyin' saucer, test me, you'll get flyin' colors
My car is painted in a candy color, like a flying saucer. If you mess with me, you'll get what's coming to you.
Hunnid bitches coming up the steps
A lot of girls are coming up the stairs.
Turn the front lights on, when I know they on they way
I turn on the lights when I know the girls are on their way.
She said she don't wanna do too much drugs
The girl said she doesn't want to do too many drugs.
Believe me, baby, I do this shit like every day like every day
But trust me, I do this every day.
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She doesn't want anything, and neither do I.
She come over, pop a couple beans
She comes over and takes ecstasy pills.
And that's it, and that's it
And that's all that happens.
Wanna talk about them Martins?, Do you wanna talk about them Jordans?
Do you want to talk about my designer shoes, either my Martin Margiela or Jordan brand shoes?
Enjoy a 40 every mornin', Everclear and some recordin'
I like to have a 40 oz. beer in the morning while I listen to music and drink Everclear.
101, on the 101 like Jeff Gordon, I just popped a pill, she just popped a pill
I'm driving on Route 101 like racecar driver Jeff Gordon. I just took a pill, and so did the girl.
And we might just pop some more, I ain't stoppin' 'til like 20
We might take some more pills. I won't stop until I've taken about 20.
Up until like 4, SmartWater like some dummies
We'll keep taking pills until 4 a.m. and drink SmartWater to try to mitigate the negative effects of the drugs.
Taking shots up out the semi, that shit kill me like I'm Kenny
We're taking shots from my gun-shaped liquor bottle, and it's affecting me like I'm dying like the character Kenny on South Park.
Oh, bitches walking down the steps
The girls are walking back downstairs.
Turn the front lights off, got a blunt all to myself
I turn off the lights and have a marijuana blunt to myself.
No I don't want all this shit to get too deep
I don't want things to get too serious.
But listen baby, there ain't no shit with you and me
But don't worry, there's no drama between you and me.
No 'you and me,' no
We're not a 'you and me' thing, just a casual hookup.
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She doesn't want anything, and neither do I.
She come over, pop a couple beans
She comes over and takes ecstasy pills.
And that's it, and that's it
And that's all that happens.
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Jeffery M
Woke up in a hot tub, spillin' Moet, in the water
Then I light my Marijuana, take a shot up out the choppa
J's jumpin' out the locker, spend a little guapa
She want candy, Aaron Carter
I called her Candy when I saw her, pull up with my brothers
Candy-painted flyin' saucer, test me, you'll get flyin' colors
Hunnid bitches coming up the steps
Turn the front lights on, when I know they on they way
She said she don't wanna do too much drugs
Believe me, baby, I do this shit like every day like every day
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
Wanna talk about them Martins?, Do you wanna talk about them Jordans?
Enjoy a 40 every mornin', Everclear and some recordin'
101, on the 101 like Jeff Gordon, I just popped a pill, she just popped a pill
And we might just pop some more, I ain't stoppin' 'til like 20
Up until like 4, SmartWater like some dummies
Taking shots up out the semi, that shit kill me like I'm Kenny
Oh, bitches walking down the steps
Turn the front lights off, got a blunt all to myself
No I don't want all this shit to get too deep
But listen baby, there ain't no shit with you and me
No "you and me," no
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
woshack
[Verse 1]
Woke up in a hot tub, spillin' Moet, in the water
Then I light my marijuana, take a shot up out the choppa
J's jumpin' out the locker, spend a little guapa
She want candy, Aaron Carter
I called her Candy when I saw her
Pull up with my brothers
Candy-painted flyin' saucer
Test me, you'll get flyin' colors
[Pre-Chorus]
Hunnid bitches comin' up the steps
Turn the front lights on, when I know they on they way
She said she don't wanna do too much drugs
Believe me, baby, I do this shit like every day, like every day
[Chorus]
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it, ayy
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
(Stoney, Stoney, uh, yeah)
[Verse 2]
Wanna talk about them Martins?
Do you wanna talk about them Jordans?
Enjoy a 40 every mornin', Everclear and some recordin'
101, on the 101 like Jeff Gordon
I just popped a pill, she just popped a pill
And we might just pop some more, I ain't stoppin' 'til like 20
Up until like 4, SmartWater like some dummies
Takin' shots up out the semi, that shit kill me like I'm Kenny
[Pre-Chorus]
Uh, bitches walkin' down the steps
Turn the front lights off, got a blunt all to myself
No, I don't want all this shit to get too deep
But listen, baby, there ain't no shit with you and me
No "you and me," no
[Chorus]
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it, ayy
She don't want a thing, I don't want a thing
She come over, pop a couple beans
And that's it, and that's it
And that's it
yung smurfy
Who else loves old Posty?
Dorothy May
Yes I miss old post Malone
Alex VanGordon
I love post Malone a lot
Rafael Edival Revenge
Issa vibe
Young Skum
I miss this post Malone
carter smith
This is that Post they don't know about. Wish he still made stuff like this.
drew
yeah he actually raps on this track i think he went away from actually rapping bc of the success of white iverson would of been interesting to hear him make true rap records though but he would have ended up where he is anyway
Brett Williams
For real though, this is his best track in my opinion
A C
this shit just popped in my head randomly after like 5 years
Child Celebrity
@twentyseven I think most are still up tbh if you find his soundcloud profile and scroll all the way back. I think he had some before White Iverson that he deleted when it started popping off, and then it was That's It, Tear$, What's Up, and #mood that I can remember. I think one or two he might've got rid of though that I can't remember.