‘Almost Done’: What We Actually Know About the Long-Teased 40-Song Album Reported as ‘The Eternal Buzz’

Post Malone says the wait is nearly over. On October 15, he posted an Instagram update built around a studio whiteboard covered in song titles and production notes, told fans the album is almost done, apologized for how long it has taken, and promised a “s---load of songs” when it finally arrives. It is the clearest update he has given in months on a project fans have been tracking since April — and it is worth being precise about what it does and does not confirm, because the most repeated details about this record, including its reported title, its 40-song size, and any talk of a 2027 release, have not been officially confirmed by him.

The October 15 update: his own words

Start with what is actually confirmed, because it comes from the artist himself. According to Hot 96.9 Boston, which reported the post on October 16, and InMusicBlog, which reported it on October 15, the October 15 Instagram update paired a photograph of a studio whiteboard — song titles alongside notes on how far each track has progressed through writing and recording — with a caption that was equal parts apology and promise. As Hot 96.9 Boston quoted the caption: “Seasons greetings nerds… Almost done with this sumb----!! I’m sorry it’s taking so godd--- long… I can’t wait to share this piece of music with y’all. We are so proud of what we’ve made… a s---load of songs coming!!! I promise next time it won’t take 3 years… I love you so very much. Remember you kick a--!!!!!”

InMusicBlog’s account of the same post matches on every material point: the whiteboard, the apology for the lengthy wait, the promise of a substantial amount of music, and the vow that the next album will not take another three years. InMusicBlog also noted what the whiteboard itself showed — titles including “Chrome Heartbreaker” and “Death of the Bow,” with checkmarks tracking writing, recording, and mixing — and, crucially, what the post did not contain: no official release date, no final tracklist, and no confirmed title. Hot 96.9 Boston added a useful note of caution from the whiteboard itself: several tracks appear to still need additional writing or recording, which suggests “almost done” is honest but not the same as finished — a distinction that matters given that he described this same record as 99 percent done back in June.

The long road: how a spring tease became a fall wait

The project entered public view on April 6, when he teased it with a whiteboard emblazoned with the name The Eternal Buzz and a scale that immediately set expectations sky-high: 40 songs spread across two discs. That April framing — reported at the time and recapped this week by both Hot 96.9 Boston and InMusicBlog — is the source of nearly everything fans think they know about the album’s size and shape. It was a tease, not a formal announcement, and the finished record may or may not keep that title, that count, or that two-disc structure.

In May, the album began rearranging his calendar. He pushed back the start of his Big Ass Stadium Tour by about three weeks so he could finish the record, explaining in his own social post that he had promised fans new music and did not have the time to finish it before the tour started. That decision is the strongest evidence of how seriously he has treated this project: stadium tours do not move lightly, and moving one to protect studio time told fans the record was both unfinished and worth finishing properly.

By June, the language had sharpened. Performing in Charlotte, he told fans the record was “99% done” — a line that understandably raised expectations of an imminent release. Then came the summer’s only real preview of the music itself. A July 16 studio preview hinted at a rap-focused direction, according to InMusicBlog, and in July he debuted a new song, “Chrome Heartbreaker,” the one revealed track from the project so far. WIOV’s Monday, October 19 entertainment roundup, recapping the October update, also pointed to “Chrome Heartbreaker” as the track already revealed from the sessions, and noted that the newest whiteboard suggests songs are still being written and recorded — which helps explain how a record can be “99% done” in June and still honestly described as “almost done” in October.

The country detour — and what this record might be

To understand why this album matters, it helps to remember where he is coming from. His country album F-1 Trillion was not a side quest: according to InMusicBlog, it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 250,000 equivalent album units, built on collaborations with Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Dolly Parton, and Tim McGraw. An artist does not follow a No. 1 country record casually, and the central question hanging over the new project is whether it extends that country run, swings back toward the rap and pop sound that made him a star, or tries to hold both audiences at once.

The honest answer is that nobody outside the studio knows yet — but the clues point in an interesting direction. The July 16 studio preview hinted at a rap-focused direction, InMusicBlog reported, and “Chrome Heartbreaker,” the July debut, fueled the same reading. At the same time, nothing in his October 15 post disowns the country chapter, and the sheer reported scale of the project — 40 songs across two discs, if the April tease holds — would leave room for both. There was also a quieter gift for longtime fans this summer: on August 26, The Mixtape hit streaming for its 10th anniversary, accompanied by its first vinyl release, a reminder of the earlier sound some fans are hoping the new record revisits.

What is still unconfirmed

So, separated cleanly: confirmed, in his own words, is that the album is almost done, that he is sorry it has taken this long, that a large number of songs is coming, and that he does not intend the next wait to last three years. Reported — by Billboard, as cited in the coverage of the October post — is that the album may be called The Eternal Buzz. Drawn from his own April 6 tease, but not formally announced, are the 40-song count and the two-disc format. And pure speculation, which should be labeled as such wherever it appears, is any specific release timing: suggestions that the album could arrive in 2027, including the hints in Hot 96.9 Boston’s headline and WIOV’s expectation that it will come out sometime next year, are readings of his comments, not a date he has given.

That restraint may frustrate fans, but it also makes the October 15 post more believable, not less. An artist padding a delay usually offers a date to calm the crowd. He offered a whiteboard instead — work in progress, checkmarks and all — and an apology with no spin in it. When the title, tracklist, and date are real, they will presumably arrive the same way his updates have all year: from him, on his own channels, in his own words. Until then, the accurate headline is the one he wrote himself on October 15. Almost done. A s---load of songs coming. And next time, he promises, it will not take three years.

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