Post Malone, I Had Some Help | Song Review 🎵

Post Malone taps country superstar Morgan Wallen for the assist on the respectable “I Had Some Help,” his first country music single.

“They say, ‘Teamwork makes the dream work’ / Hell, I had some help.” Hell yeah, Post Malone! “I Had Some Help” is the first single from Post’s forthcoming country album… Country music is in in 2024, and Post is joining the bandwagon.  Did he need to make a country album? Meh, probably not. At this point, the singer/songwriter seems far removed from his more ‘urban’ days. Collaborating with Morgan Wallen, country music’s ‘it’ bad boy carries plenty of cachet. The production and sound fully embrace the country music aesthetic – guitars, guitars, and guitars. It was produced by Charlie Handsome, Hoskins, and Louis Bell. 

Post Malone sings the first verse and the first chorus, the centerpiece filled with that teamwork makes the dream work mentality. “You got a lotta nerve, don’t you, baby? / I only hit the curb ‘cause you made me,” he sings, adding, “Why’d you throw them stones if you / Had a wild hair of your own or two?” Post’s signature vocal cues are in play, namely that distinct vibrato. Morgan Wallen amps up the twang in the second verse, contrasting Post’s first. “You think that you’re so innocent / After all the shit you did,” he sings, continuing, “I ain’t an angel, you ain’t heaven-sent / Can’t wash our hands of this.” The melodies are tuneful in the verses, with the chorus taking the cake:

“I had some help

It ain’t like I can make this kinda mess all by myself

Don’t act like you ain’t help me pull that bottle off the shelf

Been deep in every weekend if you couldn’t tell

They say, ‘Teamwork makes the dream work’

Hell, I had some help.”

The bridge, also entertaining, is performed by both artists (Wallen, then Post), separating itself from the verses: “It takes two to break a heart in two, ooh / Baby, you blame me and, baby, I blame you / Aw, if that ain’t the truth.” Ultimately, “I Had Some Help” is an enjoyable country duet. Is this the second coming? Nowhere close, but, again enjoyable.

Post Malone // “I Had Some Help” // Mercury / Republic // 5.10.24

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