Post Malone: The Texas crooner dishes on fatherhood and aliens with Apple Music
It’s clear Post Malone has plenty to talk about these days. The Texas native, Utah resident comes through for a super in-depth conversation with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe and it’s nearly an hour of awesomeness.
From talking about being a proud papa to reflecting back on his classic ‘White Iverson’ tune, it’s all Posty. Tap in.
Post Malone on Becoming a Father, Slowing Down, and Taking a Moment To Appreciate His Success...
Post Malone: I guess having a baby really put a lot into perspective and it's really slowed me down a lot, party wise, going out and being crazy. But it's the most beautiful thing and I don't know. It's like I'm trying to get some land right now. You already know… the end is nigh.
Zane: You believe that though?
Post Malone: I don't know, man. It's weird. Yeah, I definitely do. I just want to get my stuff and I want to go out and do shows, but then I just want to... We got out of LA and now we live in Salt Lake. And that's like me... I just want to take some time now. And actually you mentioned all the accoutrement of success and everything that comes with that. Now I just want to take a second and enjoy it. I just want to take a minute and be like, it is that. It was amazing. It is amazing. But I never really got to stop and smell the roses. And then you get caught up in, it's not about the destination, it's the journey. And yeah, I never really got time or really had the bandwidth to experience the journey to its fullest. So I guess that's what I'm trying to do now.
Post Malone on Battling Social Anxiety…
I have a hard time communicating with people. And I don't know, it's a really... Especially now. I was saying before, whenever I was a kid, I would walk, run around, and I'd be like, "Hey." I didn't really care. Now, I don't know why. It's a really interesting thing.
Post Malone on Fan Concerns About His Health…
I mean, first off, I shouldn't have to really justify anything to anyone, but I appreciate the concerns that people... But then it just goes... It goes from like, Hey, I hope he's fine. But then the rumor starts that I'm doing hard drugs, which I've never done in my entire life. So it's like, oh….
Post Malone on The Process of Recording New Album ‘Austin’ and Embracing Guitar and Reverb…
It was so fun, I tell you, to play guitar on every song…I don't know necessarily if I've been waiting to make it. It's always something that's kind of been wanted to be made, if that makes sense. I don't know. A lot of the times we go in and we do the music and the melody has never really been...The way that I work it, the music and the melody has never been written at the same time. It's usually there's music there and then the melody comes after. But with that, just being able to sit there, like I said, reverb cross-legged here over in, I think Studio D… with the cans on and so much reverb…You know what I mean? And so it's really cool and it was a really eye-opening experience for me and how I could write music and how I could make music. And it's not just one way. There's so many different ways, like you said. It's just a song is there, you just got to find it.
Post Malone on Which Artists He Listened To As a Child That Influenced ‘Austin’…
I really never talk about Radiohead and how fucking badass they are. Never... Well, I talked about Stevie, but I love Fleetwood Mac. I don't know.
Post Malone Says Alcohol is a Weakness For Him But That He’s in a Good Spot With His Drinking...
Zane: I've never asked you outright, but I mean, do you think that you've come to the point where you can acknowledge that alcohol is a weakness for you? That it's a problem?
Post Malone: Very much so. It's very frustrating. But now if I do drink and I'm not doing a show or recording... And yeah, that's another... I have a very hard time expressing myself via recording if I'm not a little f***ed up. It's a good spot now because if I'm not recording or I'm not talking to people or if I'm not doing shows, I really do drink just to have fun. It's having a beer with my dad or with my bud.
Post Malone on Transitioning From Rock Star To Family Man…
I really love hanging out with my baby, hanging out with the lady, playing video games, and in my garage working on projects. That's what I love to do. And so it hasn't been that hard, but there's times to where you have...It's that one drink that sets you over, so you're like, you know what? I'm going to rage for two days. But the difference is I don't rage in social settings. It's usually me and a buddy. And we just stay up super late until the sunrise and we're just drinking and sitting out on the car and just hanging out listening to music. Removing the social aspect of it. And it's not... It's not full rage. And I think at those moments, I'm like, you know what? I used to go nuts and this is significantly better. I'm not running around town and I'm not... There used to be a time, especially at the beginning of our relationship, that I would just disappear and just go for a week. And I was like, oh man, that's so shitty. I'm such a turd. But now I don't. It's been surprisingly easy because this is the stuff that I've always wanted to do. I'm a homebody. I never want to leave my house. I never want to leave the property, and I just want to play games and watch TV and hang with the family. So I'm... It's been super easy.
Post Malone on Taking Mushrooms...
Yeah, I take shrooms… I like shrooms. I like shrooms. Not as much as I used to. It's really affected my short term memory... Maybe it was just a stint of habitual overuse. Daily. But now I take a little bar of chocolate with my buddies, a little square chocolate and just laugh and laugh and laugh.I was talking to a ranger buddy of mine. He was a ranger and he was saying they're giving it to guys for PTSD and stuff. And I was like, oh that's cool because a lot of the times, a lot of pharmaceuticals, they have negative reactions often. And it's cool to see that they're giving them this medicine and it's actually working. He was saying his buddy was going through it and it really helped him a lot. I don't know. It's interesting because it's improved. It has improved my view on things. Making the last record, I was so, so, so... Well, writing it, I was so, so sad. But now I'm so happy and it's definitely improved my viewpoint on life.
Post Malone on Time Management…
I don't know, it's just the schedule keeps getting... I find the more that the world opens back up and everybody's going on tour and everybody's doing stuff, which makes a lot of sense, but the schedule just keeps getting fuller. And now that I'm a dad, the schedule only got more full. And now that releasing new music, schedule gets fuller and fuller and fuller. But the one thing that's constant is the amount of time in a day and then the amount of time before we go on tour again or the amount of time before...I'm definitely more tired. Which I was always tired before, but now I'm more tired.
Post Malone on His Reputation For Being a Nice Guy…
Life's too short to be a dickhead. I think that's the Bible verse, right?
Post Malone on Preparing To Tour With a Full Band For The First Time...
Yeah. So we're taking a band on tour. First time. I think every record is super self-contained. You get a little bit of everything. Some more than others, but you get a little bit of everything and it's going to be so much fun. This is my first time with the band, so being able to experiment with them and see what new arrangements we can do with the music and cool transitions. We have a string section.
Post Malone on How He Defines Success…
People ask what success is. And success is being able to do what you want to do and not have to worry about not being able to. Does that make sense? I want to, I guess, incubate a creative and free lifestyle where she doesn't have to worry about that. You know what I mean?
