Gonzalo Lebrija The Mexican artist who is boosting Post Malone’s latest album

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Luis Pablo Beauregard
September 6, 2024
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The album is loaded with collaborations from country music superstars, such as Dolly Parton, Tim McGraw, Chris Stapleton and Luke Combs. Paradoxically, however, the cover of this new bestseller doesn’t illustrate rural America. It’s a dreamlike scene that took place thousands of miles away from Tennessee, on a windless Tuesday morning. That day, on April 23, 2024, a 1971 Ford F100 pickup truck fell from the sky onto the Salto del Nogal Dam in Jalisco, Mexico designed by Gonzalo Lebrija

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Film crew works by a serene lake with a crane hoisting filming equipment, a vintage blue pickup truck, and a person setting up a camera next to the water at dusk.
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Mauricio Vázquez Corichi

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