“That’s so much pressure,” the musician told ‘The New York Times’ while speaking about his “Fortnight” and “LEVII’S JEANS” collaborators

Post Malone is opening up about his working relationships with Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.

In his The New York Times profile published on Aug. 8, the musician, 29, briefly reflected on the experience of working with Swift and Beyoncé for their respective 2024 albums — The Tortured Poets Department and Cowboy Carter — after witnessing the careful security measures taken to handle the two superstars’ massive levels of fame.

According to Malone, while filming the music video for their chart-topping single “Fortnight,” Swift needed to hide under “an umbrella and drapes” over a golf cart that she rode on set “so drones and a helicopter couldn’t get footage” of her.

Beyoncé, meanwhile, apparently went to even greater lengths to keep her collab with Malone under wraps before her country album was announced in February. He recalled getting sent their “LEVII’S JEANS” track via one of her representatives to his personal compound in Utah to ensure there were no leaks.

“I can’t even imagine being at their level — it must suck,” Malone told The New York Times. “That’s so much pressure.”

Despite the extreme measures, Malone said he’s “just honored to be in these people’s vicinity,” no matter how top-secret their work is. For his Beyoncé collaboration, the pair didn’t hit the studio together, and they still haven’t met. But the “Circles” singer revealed they mainly corresponded via text to keep their song a secret. “It was terrifying,” he shared.

Post Malone performs onstage at Spotify House during CMA Fest 2024 on June 6, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. Brett Carlsen/Getty

Malone has spoken highly of both Swift and Beyoncé since their collaborations released earlier this year. After the latter’s album dropped on March 29, the 10-time Grammy nominee took to his Instagram Story to express his gratitude toward her, writing, “thank you [Beyoncé]. congrats this album is beautiful.”

When Swift dropped TTPD the following month, Malone shared his thanks on Instagram again with a Polaroid photo of the two captioned, “It’s once in a lifetime that someone like @taylorswift comes into this world. I am floored by your heart and your mind, and I am beyond honored to have been asked to help you with your journey 🥹 I love you so much. Thank you Tay 💕.”

Post Malone performs on Day 3 of Outside Lands Festival on August 11, 2024 in San Francisco, California. Steve Jennings/FilmMagic

Elsewhere in his conversation with The New York Times, Malone reflected on how much his own star has risen since his 2015 debut and the genre-bending path that’s led to his soon-to-be-released country music album, F-1 Trillion.

After years of teasing his latest genre pivot, the singer’s new LP — which features duets with Dolly Parton, Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson, Jelly Roll and more — arrives on Friday, Aug. 16.

Malone’s guitarist, Derek Wells, spoke to the publication and affirmed that the musician’s country music foray is, indeed, genuine: “He’s not playing dress-up here.”

“In this moment that the genre is having, a lot of us are used to so-and-so is making a country project right now, and we’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to those,” Wells added. “I’ve watched [Malone] very much ask permission to be in this genre. He’s doing everything right.”