Post Malone’s Tiny Desk Concert

The American artist performed four songs, including “Sunflower”, “Circles” and an excerpt from the new album “Austin” in a 12-piece line-up. And he said: “Being here is a dream.”

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NPR Music’s Tiny Desk concerts have now become a cult favorite for acoustic music lovers. Over the years, big and small names in music have taken part in this format, among which artists such as Dua Lipa, Mac Miller, Justin Bieber, Adele, Sting, BTS have been attracted. At the moment, for artists, performing at the Tiny Desk Concert is a fundamental moment in their promotion, because it allows them to bring their success in an intimate setting where only the quality of the songs and the atmosphere matter.

The latest in chronological order in the format is Post Malone, his new album just released. Austin, released on August 2 last year. The American artist introduced himself with an acoustic guitar in his hands, and was accompanied in the studio by 12 musicians: drum, bass, guitar and piano, complemented by a string quartet and a four-piece choir.

Thus, Post Malone performed four songs from his discography in fifteen minutes, starting with sunflowerhis biggest hit is on the movie soundtrack Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and in his album Hollywood bleeding from which he also offered another hit, circles. Then there was room for autumn parts from his debut album stoney and finally for Enough is enough from his latest work Austin

. “It was a dream for me to be here,” Austin (Malone’s real name) said as soon as he finished the visually felt performance: “I was sweating with excitement.”