Post Malone possesses several qualities — effortless charm, singing and rapping dexterity, effective songwriting, smart collaborative choices –that have made him a superstar over the past half-decade, but at the top of that list has to be his ear for melody, a gift that has enabled him to make the leap from hip-hop toTwelve Carat Toothache
weaves in and out of styles and moods, but that melodic understanding guides the long-awaited follow-up to, allowing a song with Fleet Foxes and another with The Kid LAROI to make sense side-by-side on the track list. Posty addresses love, betrayal, substance abuse and personal growth at different points on the album, but each hummable moment transforms his point of view into the universal, as if the ideas sprouting from his mind are destined to get stuck in your own.
— an album that became an unexpected commercial apex for Brendon Urie, thanks in part to smashes like “High Hopes” and “Hey Look Ma, I Made It” — the singer-songwriter returns with a single that thankfully doesn’t attempt to recreate that pop-radio success, and instead goes full-on, riveting rock opera.