Hollywood's Bleeding
Post Malone
Hollywood’s Bleeding is Post Malone’s third studio album, released on September 6, 2019, through Republic Records, and it solidifies his status as a dominant pop-rap figure at the end of the 2010s. Spanning 17 tracks, the album leans into a glossy blend of pop rap, emo trap, alternative R&B, and rock-influenced production, with Louis Bell and Andrew Watt anchoring a sound that is simultaneously melancholic and highly hook-driven. It is also one of his most star-studded projects, featuring guest appearances from artists like DaBaby, Future, Halsey, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott, SZA, Swae Lee, and Young Thug, while housing hit singles such as “Wow,” “Goodbyes,” “Circles,” “Sunflower,” and “Take What You Want.”
Thematically, the album orbits around the loneliness, paranoia, and emotional exhaustion that Post associates with fame, captured in the title track’s imagery of Hollywood as a vampiric, decaying landscape. Critics note how he oscillates between flex-heavy anthems and vulnerable confessionals, with songs like “Enemies,” “Allergic,” “A Thousand Bad Times,” and “I’m Gonna Be” pairing stadium-ready choruses with lyrics about toxic relationships, self-medication, and the tension between public excess and private burnout. The record received significantly improved critical reception compared to his earlier albums, was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys, and has since been certified quadruple platinum—often cited as a high point in his catalog for its combination of pop accessibility, genre-blending experimentation, and dark, cinematic mood.
Hollywood’s Bleeding is Post Malone’s third studio album, released on September 6, 2019, through Republic Records, and it solidifies his status as a dominant pop-rap figure at the end of the 2010s. Spanning 17 tracks, the album leans into a glossy blend of pop rap, emo trap, alternative R&B, and rock-influenced production, with Louis Bell and Andrew Watt anchoring a sound that is simultaneously melancholic and highly hook-driven. It is also one of his most star-studded projects, featuring guest appearances from artists like DaBaby, Future, Halsey, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott, SZA, Swae Lee, and Young Thug, while housing hit singles such as “Wow,” “Goodbyes,” “Circles,” “Sunflower,” and “Take What You Want.”
Thematically, the album orbits around the loneliness, paranoia, and emotional exhaustion that Post associates with fame, captured in the title track’s imagery of Hollywood as a vampiric, decaying landscape. Critics note how he oscillates between flex-heavy anthems and vulnerable confessionals, with songs like “Enemies,” “Allergic,” “A Thousand Bad Times,” and “I’m Gonna Be” pairing stadium-ready choruses with lyrics about toxic relationships, self-medication, and the tension between public excess and private burnout. The record received significantly improved critical reception compared to his earlier albums, was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys, and has since been certified quadruple platinum—often cited as a high point in his catalog for its combination of pop accessibility, genre-blending experimentation, and dark, cinematic mood.
Hollywood's Bleeding
Post Malone
Hollywood’s Bleeding is Post Malone’s third studio album, released on September 6, 2019, through Republic Records, and it solidifies his status as a dominant pop-rap figure at the end of the 2010s. Spanning 17 tracks, the album leans into a glossy blend of pop rap, emo trap, alternative R&B, and rock-influenced production, with Louis Bell and Andrew Watt anchoring a sound that is simultaneously melancholic and highly hook-driven. It is also one of his most star-studded projects, featuring guest appearances from artists like DaBaby, Future, Halsey, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott, SZA, Swae Lee, and Young Thug, while housing hit singles such as “Wow,” “Goodbyes,” “Circles,” “Sunflower,” and “Take What You Want.”
Thematically, the album orbits around the loneliness, paranoia, and emotional exhaustion that Post associates with fame, captured in the title track’s imagery of Hollywood as a vampiric, decaying landscape. Critics note how he oscillates between flex-heavy anthems and vulnerable confessionals, with songs like “Enemies,” “Allergic,” “A Thousand Bad Times,” and “I’m Gonna Be” pairing stadium-ready choruses with lyrics about toxic relationships, self-medication, and the tension between public excess and private burnout. The record received significantly improved critical reception compared to his earlier albums, was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys, and has since been certified quadruple platinum—often cited as a high point in his catalog for its combination of pop accessibility, genre-blending experimentation, and dark, cinematic mood.
Hollywood’s Bleeding is Post Malone’s third studio album, released on September 6, 2019, through Republic Records, and it solidifies his status as a dominant pop-rap figure at the end of the 2010s. Spanning 17 tracks, the album leans into a glossy blend of pop rap, emo trap, alternative R&B, and rock-influenced production, with Louis Bell and Andrew Watt anchoring a sound that is simultaneously melancholic and highly hook-driven. It is also one of his most star-studded projects, featuring guest appearances from artists like DaBaby, Future, Halsey, Meek Mill, Lil Baby, Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott, SZA, Swae Lee, and Young Thug, while housing hit singles such as “Wow,” “Goodbyes,” “Circles,” “Sunflower,” and “Take What You Want.”
Thematically, the album orbits around the loneliness, paranoia, and emotional exhaustion that Post associates with fame, captured in the title track’s imagery of Hollywood as a vampiric, decaying landscape. Critics note how he oscillates between flex-heavy anthems and vulnerable confessionals, with songs like “Enemies,” “Allergic,” “A Thousand Bad Times,” and “I’m Gonna Be” pairing stadium-ready choruses with lyrics about toxic relationships, self-medication, and the tension between public excess and private burnout. The record received significantly improved critical reception compared to his earlier albums, was nominated for Album of the Year at the Grammys, and has since been certified quadruple platinum—often cited as a high point in his catalog for its combination of pop accessibility, genre-blending experimentation, and dark, cinematic mood.