Why Post Malone Is So Damn Catchy (HBO)

Face tattoos, unkempt hair, and beer-swilling aren’t the typical blueprint for pop stardom. And yet, we still have Post Malone. He’s one of the most listened-to and inescapable artists of the moment, and his music has broken commercial performance records previously held by The Beatles and Michael Jackson. But for every Posty fan, there seem to be even more people confounded by the idea that he has fans at all. VICE spoke to Berkeley College of Music songwriting professors Kareem Clarke and Brian “Raydar”