Post Malone, Something Real | Bangerz N Bopz 🔥

In the 8^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we highlight “Something Real” performed by Post Malone.

Bring on the bold, fierce songs! Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 serves up background info and insight into songs of various styles, especially songs that raise eyebrows and/or stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 8^th edition of Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 (2024), we break down “Something Real” performed by Post Malone.

“Give me somethin’ I can feel / Light a cigarette just so I can breathe / Give me somethin’, somethin’ real  / Seven hundred feet off the coast of Greece.” Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and rapper Post Malone desired “Something Real” in 2023. The tuneful song, which appeared on his 2023 album, Austin, was written by him, Louis Bell, ​watt, and Billy Walsh. Likewise, Post, Bell and watt produced the record. Sadly, this song, the crème de la crème of Austin, was NOT a big hit, spending just one week on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at no. 67. Regardless, this banger was used as the musical anthem for 2023-24 college football season on ESPN, which is hella cool.

“It’s a double-edge sword, cuttin’ off ties with the ones I know / So tell me, how the fuck am I still alive? It’s a miracle, oh.” Word. Beyond its college football anthem status, you know what else is hella cool? This song itself! Post Malone, who has embraced a singer/songwriter spirit, is locked-in, sounding utterly fantastic. Even with a strong vocal performance (and that signature vibrato), more important is the authenticity he exhibits – the pain and vulnerability he expresses lyrically. In the pre-chorus and chorus, Post seeks things to fulfill him, including material (“And I can’t believe, ran through a B at Louis V / It’s what I need right now”),sex (“I could play that pussy like it’s Für Elise”), and drugs (“How much psilocybin can a human eat?”). Ultimately, however, the drip, pleasure, and substances, and perhaps, even fame, aren’t sustainable ‘real’ things – he needs REAL: “I would trade my life just to be at peace.” While the theme and lyrics are arguably the crowning achievement of “Something Real”, the supporting instrumental plays a sizable role, particularly on the titular lyric (the guitars, synths, and even how the backing vocals fit into the backdrop).  This song is the sugar honey iced tea – deserving of much more recognition than it’s received!

🎙 Post Malone • 💿 Austin • 🏷 Mercury / Republic • 🗓 2023

Post Malone, Something Real: Bangerz N Bopz 🔥 No. 8 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Mercury / Republic; cottonbro studio, Harry Shelton, Kool Shooters, Lucas Pazeta, Mavluda Tashbaeva, Teddy Yang, Wesley Souza from Pexels]