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Yup, I’m a Booner
Benson Boone not asking us to take him seriously; he’s asking us to make sure he doesn’t bonk his head when he does a flip.
American Heart, at its best, conjures feelings of other fun-forward pop albums: Charlie Puth’s Voicenotes(though less horny) or Bruno Mars’s 24K Magic(before it was hack enough for “Uptown Funk” to make its way into live-action Lilo & Stitch) or One Direction’s Midnight Memories(which also drew on Queen’s music). He has some absurd turns of phrase — the inescapable “You feel like moonbeam, ice cream, taking off your blue jeans” in “Mystical Magical” — that exploit how goofy and earnest his music is. The Jonas Brothers are cancelling concerts, Shawn Mendes is missing in action, Alex Warren is doing bits on Instagram while singing the world’s most boring radio song — it’s time for a little levity.
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