Post Malone's unique "concert" style Between simplicity and bloke core
Post Malone's world tour, If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd be Crying, is drawing to a close. After Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo and Hong Kong, it will in fact be the most important cities in Australia and New Zealand that will host the rock-pop-country-star, who has both surprised most with the lyrics of an extremely introspective album, which exposed an ever-vulnerable Posty, but definitely more open to accepting his own difficulties and known how to make his "concert" style great again. It is indeed noteworthy because usually Post Malone's "performance fits" are pretty minimal: plain T-shirt, distressed shorts or jeans with a regular fit, on his feet Vans Slip On or Converse All Star: Posty has his uniform, which only changes from time to time when there are special occasions.
In support of this argument, there is, clearly, further evidence, such as when he himself was immortalized in an Atlanta United FC jersey again during the "Beerbongs & Bentleys" tour, or when during the livestream of his Nirvana Tribute Concert he wore a floral dress blatantly inspired by Kurt Cobain's iconic outfit. Talking about his style in general, it would be wrong to say that Post Malone is a personality far from fit eccentricity: how many times have we seen him in a cowboy-chic version between western suits and pointed boots in music clips and red carpets? For that matter, shall we talk about his all chains and grillz trapper aesthetic in the period straddling the release of Stoney? Or the cross-section of the less-than-sober habitué he delineated for us - years ago now - with the music video for Saint Tropez? Flexing for Malone is by no means a problem, but there are moments and moments.
The act of the concert is something that, in the case of his profession is often covered with an aura of sacredness, Malone feels the need to strip off - almost literally - the clothes he always wears and put on others, because it is often the latter that indicate to us how the artist decides to communicate with his audience: Post does not let stage outfits worthy of Hollywood choreography steal the show; he prefers soccer shirts and patches, as if to show absolute devotion to those who are there to assist him.
