Cold

Album: I Hope You're Happy (2025)
Charted: 82
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Songfacts®:

  • "Cold" is what happens when two emotionally dented Texans decide to have a therapy session over a beat. The country-trap collaboration between BigXthaPlug and Post Malone works on multiple levels: it's about emotional distance and literal loneliness, but also the chilling of a relationship following success.
  • Post handles the chorus, delivering his trademark wounded-cowboy croon about having a "cold" heart. BigX's verses are autobiographical, anchoring his narrative to two specific turning points: "the age of 21" (the birth of his son) and "the moment I got richer" (his career breakout in 2023). This structure frames the song's central themes distance, emotional numbness, and how a relationship started to fade the very moment the cash started pouring in.
  • "Cold" blends country trap, melodic trap, and Southern hip-hop. Both artists came up in rap and hip-hop before detouring into country-leaning terrain.
  • The song was produced by New Zealand producer Jon Hume (JP Cooper's "September Song." Dean Lewis' "How Do I Say Goodbye"), Post's stalwart hitmaker Louis Bell, and BigX's trap whisperers Bandplay and Charley Cooks.
  • The music video takes place in a wilderness setting on a ranch with a campfire. The rustic, outdoorsy aesthetic reflects both artists' Texas backgrounds; Post Malone is from Grapevine, Texas, while BigXthaPlug is from Dallas. Jake the Shooter directed the video.
  • "Cold" was released on November 21, 2025, as the lead single from the deluxe edition of BigX's third album, I Hope You're Happy. It is one of three new songs on the record.
  • The collaboration had been in the works for quite some time. BigX announced he was working with Post Malone in a December 2024 Complex interview, and singer Ernest teased the studio session on Instagram in February 2025. BigX performed the song on May 18, 2025, at a Detroit stop of Malone's Big Ass Stadium Tour.

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