We’re positively on the cusp of Put up Malone‘s nation pivot. The “Rockstar” rapper-turned-rocker/folk-singer has been teasing his transfer towards a twangier sound and on Wednesday (March 20) he posted a snippet of a brand new tune that proves he’s able to line dance to a brand new tune.
“Let’s go along with the actual combine this time @morganwallen,” Posty posted on Instagram of an untitled collaboration with chart-topping nation singer Morgan Wallen after an unauthorized mixture of the tune reportedly leaked out just lately. Within the accompanying 30-second video, Malone hangs by himself in a darkish room whereas smoking a cig and swigging a beer as he vibes out to the bouncy nation collab.
“It takes two to interrupt a coronary heart in two,” Wallen sings earlier than Malone is available in with a soulful, “Child you blame me, and child I’ll blame you” over banjo and spare drum kicks on the mid-tempo tune. “I had some assist, it ain’t like I could make this sort of mess all on my own,” the lads sing collectively on the rousing refrain. “Don’t act such as you ain’t assist me pull that bottle off the shelf/ For those who couldn’t inform they are saying teamwork makes the dream work/ Hell I had some assist.”
Within the video Malone appears to be overjoyed on the sound of the observe, smiling, shaking his head and slapping his leg as he blasts the tune from his cellphone. Among the many feedback on the submit was one from Malone’s label, Republic Information, which learn, “We’re so prepared!!! [crying laughing emoji].”
Malone has been doing an extended, sluggish tease of his nation period, together with a submit final week that includes a quick snippet of a brand new collaboration with Luke Combs. Once more with considered one of his ubiquitous smokes in hand, Malone energetically performs air drums and shakes his head as he sings alongside to a tune that seems to be titled “Ain’t Bought a Man For That.”
Malone — who has lengthy favored bedazzled Nudie-style Nashville fits alongside his avowed love of old fashioned nation singers like Hank Williams — has more and more been leaning into his pedal metal proclivities. His forays embrace making his first Nation Airplay chart look final yr on a “duet” model of Joe Diffie’s “Pickup Man”, which debuted at No. 54 simply after Malone teamed up with Wallen and HARDY to play the tune on the 2023 CMA Awards; the observe will seem on HARDY’s upcoming Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape, due out on March 29.
He’s additionally just lately posted covers of songs by Sturgill Simpson (“You Can Have the Crown“), paid tribute to late nation icon Toby Keith, shared pics of him hanging with Combs within the studio and teased a snippet of a tear-in-yer-beer acoustic ballad known as “Lacking You Like This.”
At press time Malone — who can now be seen within the Jake Gyllenhaal Highway Home remake on Amazon Prime — had not formally introduced a full nation challenge and no further info was out there on the Wallen tune. He’ll, nonetheless, positively seem on the upcoming Taylor Swift album The Tortured Poets Division (April 19) on the opening observe, “Fortnight.”
Watch Malone jamming out to his Wallen collab beneath.