Post Malone: F-1 Trillion review: Feel-good country...

by Taylor's favourite rap star, writes ADRIAN THRILLS By Adrian Thrills Published: 21:05 EDT, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 21:05 EDT, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments POST MALONE: F-1 Trillion (Island) Verdict: Epic country music homage Rating: American superstars Taylor Swift and Beyoncé choose their collaborators carefully, so any artist who has been invited into the studio by both of them clearly has something special to offer. Step forward Post Malone, a Texas-raised singer and rapper who features on Swift's The Tortured Poets Department and Beyoncé's country album Cowboy Carter. What's more, the duets in question — Fortnight on Taylor's LP and Levii's Jeans on Cowboy Carter — are high points on a couple of the year's best albums, with Post's tender voice dovetailing seamlessly with two of the most famous women in pop.

Far from being overawed, the bearded, heavily tattooed 29-year-old rises to the occasion. If those collaborations were a surprise to fans who had him pegged as an R&B and hip-hop phenomenon who occasionally strayed into alternative rock — as when he live-streamed a set of Nirvana covers from his home during lockdown — then his latest move will come as an even greater shock: on F-1 Trillion, Malone has made a feel-good country record. Post Malone, a Texas-raised singer and rapper who features on Swift's The Tortured Poets Department and Beyoncé's country album Cowboy Carter F-1 Trillion an .