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Forbes
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Post Malone's First Country Hit Has Proved To Be A Career-Defining Smash
Post Malone fills two spots on the Hot 100 this week, and both of his wins share a common thread: they're collaborations with Morgan Wallen. His pair of wins with the superstar came to him fairly early in his rise in a genre that was unfamiliar to him until about a year ago. Impressively, the bigger of the two singles is also the older, yet it seems Americans aren't tired of the behemoth tune. "I Had Some Help" has now spent 53 weeks on the Hot 100. With just one more frame on the ranking — which measures the most consumed tracks in the U.S. by blending radio airplay, sales, and streaming — it ties as Malone's second-longest-charting tune ever. As it hits that number, the Wallen collaboration matches "Sunflower," his hit with Swae Lee. The first of Malone's two Wallen duets will almost surely break that match soon. The single is still holding at No. 13 , which means it is unlikely to fall off the Hot 100 anytime soon. Just last week, "I Had Some Help" was on the same level as "Better Now," which has now become Malone's third-longest-running Hot 100 success. "Better Now" keeps in that position while "I Had Some Help" moves ahead. "I Had Some Help" will need to remain on the Hot 100 for about two more months before it catches up to Malone's longest-running hit, "Circles.' That tune, which has ranked as his longest-running smash on the tally for years now, spent 61 weeks on the list beginning in September 2019. That pop cut was largely sustained by radio airplay, and spent three weeks at No. 1. "I Had Some Help" currently ranks more than 10 spaces above Malone's most recent Hot 100 entry, "I Ain't Coming Back." That second collaboration with Wallen is featured on the latter star's new album, I'm the Problem, while "I Had Some Help" led Malone's first country full-length, F-1 Trillion. Amazingly, "I Had Some Help" isn't only performing well on the Hot 100. It also resides in the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary, Country Streaming Songs, and Hot Country Songs charts. It continues to climb and remains inside the top 20 on both the Streaming Songs and Radio Songs rankings as well.
USA Today
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Post Malone setlist: All the songs he and Jelly Roll played on their 2025 tour
Post Malone setlist: All the songs he and Jelly Roll played on their 2025 tour Show Caption Hide Caption Jelly Roll, Reba McEntire and Tim McGraw to headline Nashville's first-ever rodeo Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association's Music City Rodeo, featuring concerts by Jelly Roll, Tim McGraw and Reba McEntire, will take place May 29-31. Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association SALT LAKE CITY – At the Big Ass Stadium Tour kick off, Post Malone and Jelly Roll kept the anthems and beer flowing for 3 ½ hours at Rice-Eccles Stadium on April 29. Jelly Roll's 50-minute set gushed with meaning as he commanded the stage in his black outfit and backward baseball cap, bellowing through 'Liar' and shifting tone and turning inspirational for 'I Am Not Okay.' When Post Malone arrived about 30 minutes after Jelly Roll's energetic set, he did so in the shadow of a barrage of fireworks and pyro, which both made frequent appearances throughout his two-hour performance. Posty – as he's affectionally known – showcased the breadth of his career with pop hits 'Better Now' and a lush 'Sunflower' as well as his hip-hop origins with 'Go Flex' and 'Rockstar' and his latest genre turn, country, with swinging singalongs 'Pour Me a Drink' and 'I Had Some Help.' He, like, Jelly Roll, continuously expressed his gratitude to the stadium crowd of about 45,000, bowing with folded hands and clearly reveling in the expansive setting. Sierra Ferrell is also on board this boundary-blurring tour that will spin through the U.S. until July 1 with stops including Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Denver and Seattle before wrapping in San Francisco. Here are all of the songs Post Malone and Jelly Roll played on the Big Ass Stadium Tour: More: Beyoncé brings Cowboy Carter to life in flawless tour kick off: Review Post Malone Big Ass Stadium Tour setlist "Texas Tea" "Wow." "Better Now" "Lemon Tree" "Wrong Ones" "Go Flex" "Hollywood's Bleeding" "I Fall Apart" "Losers (with Jelly Roll)" "Goodbyes" "M-E-X-I-C-O" "What Don't Belong to Me" "Feeling Whitney" "Never Love You Again (with Sierra Ferrell)" "Circles" "White Iverson" "Psycho" "Finer Things" "Pour Me a Drink" "Dead at the Honky Tonk" "rockstar" "I Had Some Help" "Sunflower" "Congratulations" Jelly Roll Big Ass Stadium Tour setlist
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Coachella review: Ed Sheeran, Jelly Roll help Post Malone end fest on semblance of a bang
Post Malone is the perfect Sunday night closer for people who have work the next morning. After the spectacle of Lady Gaga and the rock 'n' roll power of Green Day, nobody could blame you for leaving early during the third headliner of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. But especially it's it's Post. Look, it's an unenviable position to be in for any performer. By Sunday night, festivalgoers are barely functioning. They've just been through nearly three straight days of chest-thumping music and dehydration. They need an overwhelming experience to get them back on their feet to end the weekend with a bang. More: Coachella 2025 setlist: Jelly Roll and Ed Sheeran sing with Post Malone for Weekend 2 For some, Post Malone may scratch that itch. But for others, his Sunday night closer is likely to leave them wanting more. The Texas rapper and singer stuck close to his new country style throughout the entirety of his set, even for the songs that were originally written in different as pop or hip-hop tracks. Still, the Weekend 2 crowd was treated to two special guests — Ed Sheeran for "Sunflower" and Jelly Roll during "Losers" — a welcome change from the lack of guests during Weekend 1. On a stage that resembled a southern truck stop, Post Malone smoked cigarettes and carried a red Solo cup while he sang. His set had the same energy I would expect from a frat party at the University of Alabama. Although he sang many of his biggest hits, those hits would have proven nearly unrecognizable if it weren't for the lyrics. Many people certainly appeared to enjoy themselves. They cheered loudly when the artist engaged with the crowd and jumped up and down for his biggest songs. But if you don't already like country music, his set did not seem prone to winning you over. Maybe if so many of his songs didn't sound so similar in their new country-esque versions, it would have been a bit more entertaining. It also seemed like somewhat of a letdown compared to Lady Gaga's tightly-choreographed dance extravaganza and the nostalgia of Green Day. Post Malone sure can't match Gaga as a dancer (to be fair, however, he doesn't try), and he doesn't have as powerful of a stage presence as Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong. It's hard not to compare him to the other two headliners, which ends up reflecting unfavorably on him. Still, he appeared happy to be there and repeatedly thanked festivalgoers for showing up to watch him sing. That counts for something (I'm looking at you Frank Ocean). It also helps that Post Malone seems like a decent guy. He stopped "Better Now" at one point to ensure one fan got medical attention and showed excellent manners throughout his set — a true Southern gentleman. "I know you can be anywhere in the world, and it means the world that you came to spend this evening with us," he said toward the beginning of his set. I'll give him one more compliment. Post's stage presence is captivating. He's the type of person who makes you want to spend your last bits of energy jumping up and down to one last song. He even got a chance to show off his singing chops on more emotional songs like "I Fall Apart." And it was a fun surprise for Jelly Roll to appear onstage "Losers." That's a notable treat for Weekend 2, which normally gets the short end of the stick in terms of special guests. Last week, Post Malone had no guests, but this week the Weekend 2 crowd got not only Jelly, but last-minute Coachella lineup addition Ed Sheeran, too, as he lent his own twist to the smash hit "Sunflower." The appearance clearly caused a much-needed jolt through the lethargic crowd. Still, compared to all the highlights of the last three days, Post Malone ranks somewhere in the middle. At least the pyrotechnics were cool. (This story was updated to add a gallery.) This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Post Malone Coachella review: Weekend 2 set was like an SEC frat party
Los Angeles Times
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Post Malone keeps going country at Coachella
Post Malone closed out the first weekend of this year's Coachella festival on Sunday night with a 90-minute performance in which he remade some of his smash pop-rap hits as down-home country jams. Sauntering onstage holding a red plastic cup and a cigarette, the 29-year-old singer — who went Nashville in 2024 with the chart-topping 'F-1 Trillion' after years of dominating pop and hip-hop radio — opened his set with twangy renditions of 'Texas Tea,' 'Wow' and 'Better Now' that felt like they could've been performed at Coachella's country cousin, Stagecoach (where in fact Malone launched his country phase last year). 'I apologize for being pitchy,' he said later in the show. 'Auto-Tune is a hell of a drug.' Dressed in tight jeans and a weathered ball cap, Malone put across his usual self-effacing vibe as he ran through oldies like 'Go Flex,' 'Goodbyes,' 'Lemon Tree' and 'Psycho,' the last of which had him yowling on his knees. He also did solo versions of some of the country songs from 'F-1 Trillion,' including 'I Had Some Help' (which features Morgan Wallen on record), 'Losers' (which features Jelly Roll on record) and 'M-E-X-I-C-O' (which features Billy Strings on record). Despite his many friends in Nashville, Malone didn't bring out any surprise guests on Friday — a decision in keeping this year with his fellow headliners Lady Gaga, who brought only her producer Gesaffelstein, and Green Day, whose set featured no guests. Before jumping into the crowd to shake fans' hands as he finished his set with 'Sunflower,' Malone gave a little motivational speech to introduce his song 'Congratulations,' telling the audience that he remembered when a 'lot of motherf—' were calling him a one-hit wonder. But just look at him now, he seemed to be arguing: a rapper who'd made himself into a country star at pop's most important music festival.
