Post Malone thought Blake Shelton wrote ‘Austin’ about him as a child

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Post Malone grew up believing that Blake Shelton’s track ‘Austin’ was written about him, according to the country singer.The two artists recently teamed up for the single ‘Pour Me A Drink’, which will appear on Posty’s upcoming country album ‘F-1 Trillion’ (out August 16).During a new interview with American Songwriter, Shelton explained: “Post’s real name is Austin, and he told me that when he was a kid, his mom told him that that [2001] song was written about him.“That’s what he told me, and he said he believed it.

His mom was, I guess, the country music fan in the family, and his dad was the rock guy. So, I guess that’s how Post Malone was created.”Shelton went on to say that his new collaborator is “just so excited about music”, but revealed that he still hadn’t asked Posty why he wanted to work with him.“I mean, literally, we spent an hour one night him just with his iPod playing me music that he is fired up about,” he continued. “I still, to this day, have never asked him, ‘Hey, why me?

Why did you call me for this?'”Shelton added: “I didn’t because at the end of the day, I just, for whatever reason, he asked me to do it – I’m proud.

I’m proud of that record. I’m proud to have worked with him. I think he’s an incredibly talented guy.“Now that I’ve spent some time with him, it’s no mystery to me that he’s as huge as he is as an artist and successful as he is because he’s just somebody that you just love being around.