New music from Post Malone is coming soon, and it looks like he’s going back to his roots.
Despite the success of F-1 Trillion back in 2024, the biggest conversation surrounding Post Malone’s venture into country music has been, “Just how long will he stay in the genre?” Of course, it was pretty clear from the start that the “Congratulations” singer was planning on staying for longer than some of his contemporaries such as Beyoncé, highlighted by the fact he’s headlined massive country festivals, opened his own bar, Postys, on Broadway in Nashville and has continually made appearances with the likes of Brooks & Dunn, Zach Top, Lainey Wilson and more out on the road.
Though he’s been quite busy in the genre as of late, Post has been all but radio-silent in terms of releases since F-1 Trillion. Because of this, it’s led fans to speculate whether he would continue down his path in country music, return to his hip-hop/alternative roots or potentially do both heading into 2026.
The conversation around his decision to remain in country music or return to his roots has been reignited even further over the past few months. Of course, this predominantly stemmed from the announcement back on April 6th when he teased his massive, 40-song upcoming record, titled The Eternal Buzz, which led fans to speculate that the double album may be split between both country and rap.
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Since all but breaking the internet with The Eternal Buzz’s announcement, there have been a few signs that pointed to the project being a bit of an amalgamation of all of the “I Had Some Help” singer’s past works and influences.
The first one came right out of the horse’s mouth. Shortly after the record was announced, a fan would ask him directly if he was ever going to go back and release another rap album. In a somewhat canned response, Post would simply say that he’s been in the studio working on “a lot of awesome f******* sh*t,” essentially avoiding the question altogether.
“We’ve been in the studio working very, very hard, and there’s a lot of awesome f****** sh*t. That’s all I can say.”
Adding more fuel to the fire regarding a double album filled with both country and rap, a plethora of unreleased songs penned by the likes of Post himself, Ernest, Miranda Lambert and Rhett Akins, as well as frequent Morgan Wallen co-writers, Ryan Vojtesak, Louis Bell and Chandler Walters, were found in ASCAP’s ACE Repertory.
In case that wasn’t enough, Post would debut a brand new track, “Chrome Heartbreaker,” a song he teased earlier in the week, before the World Cup final in New Jersey this afternoon. And if there was any doubt that the Texas native would never return to rap, he put those to rest.
Sounding like it was taken straight out of the Stoney and Beerbongs & Bentleys days, “Chrome Heartbreaker” sees Post fully returning to rap roots, referencing the aforementioned Stoney album while still giving a nod to his new venture in country with a nod to Lucchese, a popular cowboy boot brand.
“Yeah, I’m hoppin’ out the Cully, Hush Puppy on me
Paparazzi flockin’ with the magazine pokin’
All my money clean, not a damn stain on me
I would pop a bean, 2016 Stoney
I know them Lucchese gon’ stomp to this
All them bad punk b*tches gon’ rock to this
All my gang affiliated gon’ walk to this
Even all my ex-shawties gon’ bop to this
And if I’m underrated, overpaid, that’s fine
Better than overrated, underpaid, that’s why
I’m breakin’ bands up, I’m Yoko Ono
She want that Benz truck, she want that Coco
And now she lookin’ up at me like I’ma save her
She don’t know that I’m a Chromе heartbreaker
I got that Black Pearl up in the solo
Already know that I look better than in the photos
And she gon’ fall in love with me and I don’t blame her
But she don’t know that I’m a Chrome heartbreaker”
It’s a bit jarring to see him still rocking his country outfits while returning to rap. With that being said, it still makes a lot of if you’ve been paying attention to Post as an artist. Over the past five or so years, he’s pretty much gone in every single direction possible, jumping from rap, pop, alternative and now country.
Given the fact that there are plenty of songs currently out there written with Nashville staples and the lengthy, 40-song track list of The Eternal Buzz, it’s becoming more and more likely by the day that Posty is gearing up to release a sprawling project filled with just about everything from a genre perspective.
