Here's how PostMalone & OzzyOsbourne's TakeWhatYouWant came to be
leader’s daughter, Kelly Osbourne, at a friend’s party and pitching her on the idea of Post and Ozzy collaborating together. Watt tells“Kelly played him the tape and he loved it, but then I didn’t hear anything for a while,” Watt remembers. “I kept texting Kelly over and over again, and all of a sudden, we got the text from her that said, ‘Dad’s going to do the song. He loves it.’”
Osbourne linked up with Watt in the latter’s Los Angeles studio over the summer to create the song, with the rock legend writing part of Post Malone’s melody and Watt handling its wailing guitar solo. Post Malone was unable to make the studio session due to his touring schedule, but he still managed to call in from afar.
“I recorded Ozzy on the track, laid the guitar solo that night and got Chad Smith from the [Red Hot] Chili Peppers over to play the drums on it,” recalls Watt. “Then I was FaceTiming with Post while we were in the studio, and Ozzy’s like, ‘Who the fuck is this? Are you talking with the bloody Post Man?’ And everyone’s laughing their asses off.”
With the chart debut of “Take What You Want,” Osbourne has now scored at least one Hot 100 hit in four consecutive decades. Though his most recent visit may seem on paper like his most unlikely grouping, both Watt and Bell aren’t surprised by the track’s immediate success. “The culture of metal music and hip-hop are very related,” says Watt. “You see kids going fucking crazy at a Travis [Scott] show, moshing, losing their minds -- the same thing they were doing at Ozzy shows. This record in a weird way connects the culture of a kid at a hip-hop show wearing a“Ozzy continues to remind the world why he’s the superstar he is,” adds Bell. “This just continues to show people how impactful he is on music and the culture.
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