Post Malone didn't have much time to relax in his seat at Bridgestone Arena at the 2024 Country Music Association Awards in Nashville on Wednesday night (November 20). After opening the show 90 minutes earlier with a rendition of “California Sober” with multiple CMA winner Chris Stapleton, Posty returned to his solitude later in the broadcast for a moving rendition of his father-daughter dedication song “Yous.” .
The sweet final track from the singer's debut country album, F-1 Trisbrought a hush over the star-studded crowd of home luminaries as Malone belted out the lyrics about a father's stern yet gentle warning in his daughter's life about who will always come first.
“I don't know who you are/ But one day, I'll go/ And she'll break my heart/ When she gives you hers,” he sang with pain in his voice as he closed his eyes tightly. and moved with soft acoustic guitar and violin accompaniment. Wearing jeans, cowboy boots, a blue Nudie-style jacket and a cowboy hat, Postie leaned into the chorus, “And she might wear white/ But her first dress, it was pink/ She might be your better half/ Yeah, but it's the always me/ We'll both love her forever/ But I loved her long before.”
His voice rising to a cracking crescendo by the end, Malone followed up the last “friend that's not meant to be yours” with an apparent shout-out to his 2-year-old daughter, “We love you, DD.” People reported in 2022 that the “DDP” tattoo on the singer's forehead is his girl's initials. The musician also told the magazine when the “Yous” music video was released in July that the the song was inspired of his thoughts on his daughter's upcoming wedding, calling the track “very special to me.”
Malone walked into Wednesday night's event with four nominations — his first at the CMAs — including song of the year, single of the year, music video of the year and music event of the year for his collaboration with Morgan Wallen. I Had Some Help. “
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