Post Malone performed a song dedicated to Betty at the 2024 CMA Awards.

Post Malone performed a song dedicated to her daughter at the 2024 CMA Awards. — Post a Melon. Theo Wargo/Getty Images

Post a Melon. paid tribute to her 2-year-old daughter with a performance of “Yours” during the 2024 Country Music Association Awards.

The 29-year-old artist took the stage during the awards show on Wednesday, November 20, for a solo performance of the track – which was inspired by his daughter’s future wedding. “She may have worn white / But her first dress, it was pink,” she sings in the chorus, on the day her baby girl will finally get married. “We’ll both love her forever / But I loved her long ago.”

Melvin chilled out the crowd as he sang the soundtrack with violin and guitar playing in the background. He wore a purple suit with embroidery and a cowboy hat to clash with the crowd. (Earlier in the show, Malone performed “California Sober.”) Chris Stapleton.)

“One day I know I’ll let her go / That doesn’t mean she’s yours,” she sings, warning her daughter’s future husband that he’s the No. 1 man.

Melvin ended the song by shouting to his daughter, “We love you Dee, we love you so much.” Paul Jelly roll A hearty hand was raised by the audience in support of the heart-touching performance.

While Melvin is new to the country music world after his August release. F-1 trillion album, he’s having a big night at the CMA Awards. In addition to his solo performances, he teamed up with Stapleton for a live rendition of their duet “California Sober”. Collaboration with Malone Morgan Wallen“I Had Some Help,” is also nominated in four categories: Single of the Year, Song of the Year, Musical Event of the Year and Music Video of the Year.

Melvin welcomed her daughter with her fiancé in May 2022. Although he has chosen to keep both his identities private, he said people In July the song “Yours” – the closing track of her country album – was “very special” to her.

The track’s lyrics find Malone addressing his daughter’s potential future partner as he predicts the heartbreak he’ll feel “when I walk her down the aisle and do the same That’s what a father has to do.”

Malone shared glimpses of his life as a father, noting that he will miss his daughter’s “first dress, it was pink” and looking back on memories of her first steps and first words. are

“She might be your better half / Yeah but she’s my everything,” he sang.

Malone emphasizes the special bond he will still share with his daughter no matter what happens in her future, noting, “And we’ll both love her forever / But I miss her so much.” What was love before / And one day I know I’ll leave it. / Friend, that doesn’t mean she’s yours.”

At the time, Malone shared a music video of her first live performance of “Yours” from her “A Night in Nashville” concert in July. At the beginning of the clip, he joked that “we’ve got a long way to go” before his daughter’s wedding, adding that the song was still “fresh” to him so he hoped that Will not “f— it up”. On the stage

Months ago, Malone explained why she has chosen to keep her daughter out of the spotlight.

“I think a lot of people feel entitled to know every detail of everyone’s life and that’s why I don’t want to post any pictures of my baby,” she said. CR Fashion Book In September 2023. “I want him to be able to make that decision whenever he wants and is ready.”