After revealing he landed two collaborations on one of the most highly-anticipated records of the year — Post Malone’s F-1 Trillion — Luke Combs opened up about what it was really like working with one of 2024’s hottest artists.

“We’ve written a bunch together this year — probably close to five or six different times,” Combs said of how much time him and Post have spent creating together for the new album.

Combs continued on to described writing with him as “the best,” and even felt like a student at times watching Posty’s creative process. “It was fun. It was stepping outside of stuff that I wouldn’t normally write, but also bringing my little bit of knowledge into his thing. It was really cool because the way those guys write and produce and create stuff is so different from the way I do it and it was just really cool to get to be around that stuff and experience it. It was really a lot of fun.”

He continued, “He’s such a music fan, he just loves music — all kinds of music. He loves making music, he has such good energy, he’s just positive — at least from my experience. He’s just the sweetest dude.”

Mixing their creativity was clearly a recipe for success as Luke is featured on two of the album’s 18 tracks, “Guy For That” and “Missin' You Like This.” And while Luke clearly had his own impact on the album, he says he actually hasn’t heard much of it outside of the songs he recorded. “I haven’t heard a lot of it,” he said, revealing he’ll be listening to the majority of it for the first time along with the rest of us on August 16.

In addition to his newly releases with Posty, Luke has also been teasing some new solo music, which hints at a new album, but according to Luke the main focus is his family.

“Obviously, I have two, young sons… so it’s a crazy ride right now,” he said before sharing splitting his time between his current tour and raising his sons has him completely booked right now. “It goes from back-to-back stadiums to back-to-back bedtime, bath, bottle, diaper. It’s a crazy juxtaposition, but it’s also the best thing in the world.”

Hear more from Luke about new music, his tracks on Post Malone’s new album, plus his involvement on the Twisters soundtrack by checking out his entire conversation with Audacy’s Katie Neal on the Superstar Power Hour above.

Words by Monica Rivera Interview by Katie Neal