Most people would agree that tattoos are cool. Post Malone has a different reason for his many tattoos, most of which covers his face. Malone opened up saying he got inked to increase his self-confidence. In his interview with GQ, he said: "I'm an ugly-ass motherf***er". Something we all have said to ourselves at different points in our life. He informed that the reason behind his face tattoos is an attempt to hide the insecurity he has about his looks. He also said that when he looked in the mirror he wanted to go like "You look cool, kid," and feel good about himself.
Malone has things like "Always", "Tired", "Stay Away", a bunny among other things tattoed on his face. The choice for his tattoos come from his childhood interests. Malone revealed that "Since I was a kid, I've always been obsessed with knights and medieval times and ancient Egypt and ancient Rome and s*** like that." This adds a whole different depth to his tattoos. He has also talked about the same thing with regard to his tattoos back in 2018. In his talk with Tim Westwood TV. This also says that his appearance is something that deeply affects him despite his success. His fans and even the rest of us may understand this sentiment.
The singer himself doesn't regret anything. As one would like to believe. He said, "It's alright, I got a face for radio anyways, so I figured, why not?". He also added that "anything to piss my mom off!". Malone lives up to the 'bad boy' image through this comment substituted by his tats. He also shared how David Byrne's music was a major influence on him. Saying "You don't have to sing good, 'You just gotta be real about it. It's like David Byrne said: "The better you sound, the less people will believe you."' He also got real about his music when he said " I don't think my songs are s**y. I worked real hard on them. But I think that's a way for me to say, 'Not everybody's going to like your s*, and there's a lot of people who don't like your s**, and it's okay."
