Submit Malone’s distinctive fashion is simply as recognizable as his distinct musical sensibility.
The artist, whose actual title is Austin Submit, has tons of tattoos overlaying his head, neck, physique — and maybe most notably, his face.
The “Circles” singer has spoken about his affinity for facial tats previously, attributing his ever-growing assortment to a insecurity in his look.
“I’m a ugly-ass motherf—ker,” Malone said in a 2020 interview with GQ.
“[The face tattoos do] possibly come from a spot of insecurity, to the place I don’t like how I look, so I’m going to place one thing cool on there so I can have a look at myself and say, ‘You look cool, child,’ and have a modicum of self-confidence, in the case of my look.”
Nevertheless, not all the Texas native’s ink is meant to distract; the singer additionally has loads of designs devoted to his hometown, faith, inspirations and aesthetics.
Under, see a few of Submit Malone’s most well-known tattoos, and be taught extra about their meanings.
“All the time Drained”
Maybe Posty’s most well-known tattoo, these two under-eye designs function a cheeky substitute for concealer after a protracted night time.
“Keep Away” and Lil Peep tribute
Positioned above his proper eyebrow, this tribute to considered one of Malone’s favourite Nirvana songs can also be a warning for anybody who may get too near the celebrity. The position was impressed by the late Lil Peep, who had “CryBaby” inked in the identical spot, he told GQ.
After Lil Peep died from a drug overdose in 2017, Malone tattooed the rapper’s portrait — full with the “CryBaby” tattoo — on his arm.
Blackjack playing cards
Malone will at all times hit the jackpot with an ideal 21 on his brow.
Barbed wire
Although some may equate Malone’s brow barbed wire with Jesus’ crown of thorns, the musician admitted, “I don’t know, I simply suppose barbed wire is cool.” He’s additionally acquired barbed wire on his arms, and has included it into different designs as effectively.
Sword
“Swords are f—king superior,” Malone instructed GQ of the knife tattooed down the aspect of his face. “What higher method to make my mother mad than a pleasant large claymore on my face?”
Smiley face and Playboy bunny
Malone’s “unintentional Marshmello tattoo” incorporates a smiley face with Xs for eyes, very like the notorious DJ’s helmet. Whereas the “Rockstar” singer has a tiny Playboy bunny emblem tattooed below the smiley face, it’s not his solely ink devoted to Hugh Hefner’s empire; Malone’s first tattoo ever was a big model of the emblem on his forearm, which has since pale.
Medieval gauntlet
To ring in 2020, Submit Malone acquired his largest face tattoo up to now: an enormous medieval gauntlet and flail, referencing the swimsuit of armor he sported within the “Circles” music video.
Flaming cranium
“I’ve reduce my hair even shorter, additionally skeletons are cool,” the singer captioned a photograph of the flaming skull inked on the aspect of his head.
Buzzsaw
Executed by artist Ruben Reza backstage after Posty’s live performance in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri, in February 2020, the bloody buzzsaw sits on his left cheek.
Cow cranium
“There’s actually nothing to it,” Malone stated of considered one of his most recognizable tattoos, which spans his whole neck.
Zombie Jesus
“Jesus may be very good-looking so I figured, ‘How may we make him tremendous steel?’,” Malone stated of this depiction of Christ with melting flesh.
Submit Malone
Sure, Malone even has a tattoo of his personal likeness. As he’s defined, it was created by superimposing his face onto the physique of a online game character on horseback — however it’s lacking his signature face tattoos (for now, at the least).
Subsequent up: Doritos?
Whereas a lot of Malone’s tattoos nod to the bizarre, humorous or just meaningless issues he enjoys, he has but to debut Doritos-inspired ink. The model created a business depicting the triangular chip as an addition to his many face tattoos, however the singer has but to observe via in actual life.
