{"id":35693,"date":"2022-06-03T22:53:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T22:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/post-malone-twelve-carat-toothache-review-his-sobering-comedown\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T22:53:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T22:53:28","slug":"post-malone-twelve-carat-toothache-review-his-sobering-comedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/post-malone-twelve-carat-toothache-review-his-sobering-comedown\/","title":{"rendered":"Post Malone &#8211; &#8216;Twelve Carat Toothache&#8217; review: his sobering comedown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cThe whole thing I want to do is just be honest,\u201d Post Malone told Zane Lowe in a recent interview on Apple Music.  His fourth album by lui, &#8216;Twelve Carat Toothache&#8217;, presents the most intimate and open look into his life by lui yet, sharing perspective on some of his personal struggles by lui without sacrificing good tunes.<\/p>\n<p>This record is a natural successor to the last time we heard from the tattooed superstar in album form, 2019&#8217;s eclectic &#8216;Hollywood&#8217;s Bleeding&#8217;.  That record spoke about the dark side of LA and the vultures that circle you when you come into good fortune there;  now its creator is turning his focus inwards to how fame has affected him internally and other demons he&#8217;s faced in his life di lui.<\/p>\n<p>The big theme at the heart of it all is the relationship between the star and booze, most explicitly examined on the dark, poignant &#8216;Love \/ Hate Letter To Alcohol&#8217;, which features Post&#8217;s musical heroes Fleet Foxes.  &#8220;<em>You&#8217;re the reason why I got my ass kicked<\/em>&#8220;He tells the contents of his glass,&#8221;<em>but you&#8217;re the only way to drown my sadness<\/em>. &#8221;  As strings create a percussive base and a sparse beat adds to the drama, he recalls waking up with teeth missing and nights that have gone awry thanks to intoxication.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I took a shot, took a shot, took another shot<\/em>, \u201dHe sighs in a line that&#8217;s deceptively simple, referring to drinking, punching and being punched.  &#8220;<em>Fell right out my fucking chair, swinging for his eye.<\/em>&#8220;Later, over the intermittent beeps of &#8216;Euthanasia&#8217;, he revels in a clear-headed moment (&#8220;<em>Behold, a sober moment \/ Too short and far between<\/em>&#8220;), But the drought doesn&#8217;t last long:&#8221;<em>I should crack one open \/ To celebrate being clean<\/em>. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Post Malone - Love\/Hate Letter To Alcohol w. Fleet Foxes (Official Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_zbGdypI4A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Taking a different tact, &#8216;When I&#8217;m Alone&#8217; explores a different issue &#8211; betraying an ex-partner.  &#8220;<em>All I wanted was a piece of decent on the side<\/em>, \u201dHe tries to reason.  &#8220;<em>Then my baby found out \/ Now I&#8217;m living in a hotel, living in a hotel<\/em>. &#8221;  A storm of beats and synths nearly strays into drum&#8217;n&#8217;bass territory, as the 26-year-old shares his regrets and his state of mind di lui.  &#8220;<em>What your life like?  Need a lifeline right now<\/em>, \u201dHe rasps.  &#8220;<em>99 nights tryna get my mind right now \/ Life is sour, even when I&#8217;m in the limelight now<\/em>. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The pitfalls of fame linger throughout the record, like on the piano-led opener &#8216;Reputation&#8217;, in which Post seemingly rails against the expectations and demands of fans and the industry (&#8220;<em>Take my own life just to save yours \/ Drink it all down just to throw it up [\u2026] I got a reputation, that I can&#8217;t deny \/ You&#8217;re the superstar, entertain us<\/em>&#8220;).  It&#8217;s a raw portrait of the pressures of being someone who is adored by many, but is struggling to adore themselves.  &#8220;<em>I was born, what a shame<\/em>&#8220;He sings at one point, while the song finishes on just his voice echoing alone as he cries:&#8221;<em>Let me choke on my cigarettes and heavy debt<\/em>. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>While there are many moments throughout &#8216;Twelve Carat Toothache&#8217; that appear to refer to Post&#8217;s relationship with himself, it&#8217;s not all bleak.  The Kid Laroi collab &#8216;Wasting Angels&#8217; is, the musician explained on Instagram Live recently, &#8220;a celebration of life and a human spirit to be able to fight no matter what&#8221;.  Although he admits within it &#8220;<em>I just need a lil something to get me through the day<\/em>&#8220;, It closes in a chorus of choir-like backing vocals as he shares something that feels like a personal revelation on the way to feeling happier:&#8221;<em>I should listen to you now if I never have<\/em>. &#8221;  &#8216;I Like You (A Happier Song)&#8217;, which features a golden verse from Doja Cat, throws internal struggles out the window and turns its attention to a crush.<\/p>\n<p>The latter song, though, also contains Post&#8217;s biggest misstep on this album &#8211; upholding the casual misogyny of modern music.  &#8220;<em>Now that I&#8217;m famous, I got hoes all around me<\/em>, &#8220;He boasts.  &#8220;<em>But I need a good girl, I need someone to ground me<\/em>. &#8221;  The problem doesn&#8217;t lie just in calling women \u201choes\u201d but also in reinforcing the pitting of a woman who is characterized as sexually promiscuous against one who is \u201cgood\u201d, the star falling into the trap of the Madonna-whore dichotomy.  Of course, Post isn&#8217;t the only musician using such language around women in their songs di lei right now, but that&#8217;s no excuse to join the crowd and doesn&#8217;t protect him from criticism either.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Post Malone - When I\u2019m Alone (Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pqg2mD7o_nU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Musically, things are much less disappointing.  The record occupies a space somewhere between hip-hop and alt-pop, and focuses on minimal sounds for the most part.  &#8216;Lemon Tree&#8217; returns to Fleet Foxes&#8217; sound as Post pulls out an acoustic guitar for a folky composition, while &#8216;Waiting For A Miracle&#8217; centers around heavy piano stabs that reflect the weighty feel of its lyrics.  &#8216;Insane&#8217;, meanwhile, is one of the most interesting tracks on the album sonically, taking things in an edgier, more ominous direction with revving bass and addictive rhythms underpinning its creator&#8217;s lust-filled, desperation-tinged growls.<\/p>\n<p>The occasional outdated attitude and some light filler material here and there aside, &#8216;Twelve Carat Toothache&#8217; is another step up for Post Malone.  It&#8217;s a record that feels distinctively, inimitably him and succeeds in his goal of sharing his truth di lui.  Couple that with his recent comments from him that he&#8217;s also found happiness and it seems like everything is back on the up for Post Malone.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3239720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3239720\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3239720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Label:<\/strong> Mercury Records \/ Republic Records<br \/><strong>Release date:<\/strong> June 3, 2022<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe whole thing I want to do is just be honest,\u201d Post Malone told Zane Lowe in a recent interview on Apple Music. His fourth album by lui, &#8216;Twelve Carat Toothache&#8217;, presents the most intimate and open look into his life by lui yet, sharing perspective on some of his personal struggles by lui without &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/post-malone-twelve-carat-toothache-review-his-sobering-comedown\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Post Malone &#8211; &#8216;Twelve Carat Toothache&#8217; review: his sobering comedown<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/post-malone-press-shot-2022.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}