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Post Malone is the Perfect Pop Star for This American Moment. That’s Not A Compliment – by Jeff Weiss (And Additional Post Malone Commentary)

The Jeff Weiss editorial follows far, far below.

The Post Malone Cliff Notes version for Gen Xers:

Post Malone is a sub-par, scruffy-looking rap singer who has said in interviews he doesn’t want to be thought of as a rap singer, and he makes terrible music.

(Links to some of his songs are listed below, linked to via You Tube, under the “Post Malone Song Examples” heading, so you can judge for yourself).

At the time of this writing, Post Malone (real name “Austin Post”) is in his early 20s and is a chubby white guy who has face tattoos.

His horrible songs, for some reason I cannot fathom, have sold or streamed very well.

Post Malone had his first hit song with “White Iverson” in 2015.

You can read more about Malone on Wikipedia.

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One of the reasons I decided to begin this blog was to offer occasional contemporary pop song recommendations to fellow Gen Xers, who, like me, may find the majority of pop music (and other genres) today horrible and don’t have the patience to sit around listening to current Top 40.

This blog is mostly intended for middle-aged women who want new, catchy pop songs to add to their iPods when they go on work-outs, because they’re tired of listening to the same 1980s-based dance and pop music play lists over and over.

I’ve been listening to contemporary pop more often the last few months (which is painful, because most music today is awful), and if I find a song I think other Gen Xers may like, I intend to share it on this blog.

I’ve only listened to a small number of songs by the contemporary pop / rap singer “Post Malone,” and from what I’ve heard, I don’t care for it, to put it very kindly.

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