About Circles

"Circles" is a song by American singer Post Malone, released through Republic Records on August 30, 2019, as the fourth single from Malone's third album Hollywood's Bleeding (2019). The music video was released on September 3, 2019. It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week of November 30, 2019, topping the chart for three non-consecutive weeks and marking Post Malone's fourth number-one song.

Post Malone premiered the song live during his Bud Light Dive Bar Tour show in New York City on August 5, where he claimed it would be released the following week. A snippet of the track was posted to Malone's YouTube channel the same day. He previewed the song in August 2019 on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

"Circles" is a pop rock song consisting of a "bouncy, melancholy" melody, alongside a "gentle acoustic groove". The chorus has been described as "compulsory singalong".

Billboard described the song as being "backed by sunny acoustic guitars, swirling percussion and infectious melodies", and that while it has a "funky feel, the meaning is a bit more somber, detailing a relationship gone cold". It was named the seventh best song of 2019 by Billboard.

On the chart dated November 30, 2019, "Circles" became Post Malone's fourth number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and his first as the only credited artist on a track. It also marked his second Hot 100 number one of 2019, following "Sunflower" with Swae Lee, which led the chart in January.

Elsewhere, the song also peaked at number one in Iceland, Malaysia and New Zealand, number two in Canada, Australia, Ireland, Norway, Singapore and Slovakia, while reaching the top 3 in the UK and the top five in several other nations.