“Motley Crew” is expected to be the first single from Post Malone’s long-awaited fourth studio album, twelve carat toothache, and is his second solo-release of 2021, following February’s “Only Wanna Be With You.” The song was originally teased on June 30, 2021.

A motley crew is a mixed group that is comprised of unexpected people. As such, the track mainly focuses on Post’s lifestyle of partying and luxurious living with his ‘motley crew’ of friends. This is only accentuated in the Lyrical Lemonade music video, which is comprised of a handful of musicians, ranging from rapper French Montana to (Mötley Crüe’s) drummer Tommy Lee, who Post and Tyla Yaweh named a song after.

Stylistically, this song is a return to the Post Malone of old, with a closer resemblance to rap instead of the primarily pop-driven Hollywood’s Bleeding. With a spooky melody floating in the background and a more bass-heavy instrumental that differs from recent releases, he still manages to showcase his easily identifiable voice.