Post Malone brought the cigarettes and red Solo cups to his closing headlining set at Coachella on Sunday, melding the hip-hop hits of his earlier discography with the newer nation fare that powered his previous couple of albums.
All through his hour-plus set, the singer, clad in waist-high denims with a tee tucked in, held the highlight with none of the visitor stars that punctuated the singles from his profession. As an alternative, he toured his oeuvre on his personal, apologizing for being pitchy just a few instances (regardless that, admittedly, he wasn’t) and thanking the “girls and gents” many, many instances for attending his set on a piece night time.
Malone likes to have enjoyable on stage, from the hip-wiggles to the real bewilderment that individuals got here to see his set. Greater than a decade into his profession, he manages to maintain his performances compelling, comfy with the stress of carrying a present and treating it extra like a shared expertise. That’s what his Coachella set felt like, an interactive hold together with your finest buddy whose music you occur to like.
And he rolled out these songs in spades, from “Higher Now” and “Go Flex” to “Goodbyes” and “Losers.” Some hip-hop tracks had been reconfigured with nation preparations — “Rockstar” actually had a twang, as did “Psycho,” a tune written “a couple of wristwatch” — but the genres felt fluid, very like the trajectory of Malone’s music all through the years.
Above all, Malone appears to be having enjoyable. “Girls and gents, I wrote this subsequent tune about my favourite form, the trapezoid,” he stated, introducing “Circles.” One spotlight: “I Had Some Assist,” his smash duet with Morgan Wallen, was vibrant and celebratory.
“Coachella, is everybody having a superb night time tonight girls and gents?” he stated after “Improper Ones,” toasting his Solo cup within the air. “I simply wished to say how fuckin’ bitchin’ it’s to have the ability to come right here to play girls and gents. I’ve been to this pageant a pair instances in my life, and girls and gents, I’m 30 years previous, on July 4 I’ll be 30 years previous.” A pause to gentle a cigarette. “However I simply wished to say thanks to every single one in all everyone in right here who’s listened to the music for such a very long time. i do know it’s been a loopy fuckin’ journey and I simply wished to precise how grateful I’m to each one in all you.”
As he rode out on “Sunflower,” making his method by the gang, he made his mission clear: “Hold spreading love, preserve giving love, preserve receiving love. It doesn’t matter what you’re going by proper now, girls and gents, you’re beloved greater than you recognize it.”
