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Review: On his new album, Post Malone sincerely, relentlessly, almost heroically hates being famous

Post Malone heard your little turns-out-fame-sucks album, and he was not impressed. Oh, he sympathized, of course — nodded his prodigiously tattooed head in sorry recognition as you complained about creepy fans showing up outside your house and about fake friends and about how empty you feel after blowing somebody else's annual salary on a watch. But having witnessed A-list peers like Billie ...
Post Malone performs at the Sahara Tent at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival weekend on April 16, 2022, in Indio, California.

Post Malone heard your little turns-out-fame-sucks album, and he was not impressed.

Oh, he sympathized, of course — nodded his prodigiously tattooed head in sorry recognition as you complained about creepy fans showing up outside your house and about fake friends and about how empty you feel after blowing somebody else's annual salary on a watch.

But having witnessed A-list peers like Billie Eilish, Drake and Lorde lament the unexpected hardship of celebrity, Malone

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