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<\/a>Benson BoonePhoto by Justin Campbell<\/p>\nAhead of his New York performance, amNewYork caught up with Boone to talk about his rise to fame since the viral hit \u201cBeautiful Things,\u201d connecting with his fans, affectionately known as Booners, and returning to the kind of room where his career began.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was absolutely insane \u2014 everything just took off so fast. I don\u2019t think anything really prepares you for that,\u201d Boone said. \u201cBut, at the end of the day, I try to remind myself that \u2018Beautiful Things\u2019 started as just me in the middle of whatever I was feeling, writing something because it\u2019s therapeutic for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
The song\u2019s massive success, he said, remains a reminder of why he writes in the first place.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the fact that it ended up connecting with that many people \u2014 it\u2019s crazy and all an artist can really ever hope for,\u201d he said. \u201cAs far as people waiting to hear what\u2019s next, I try not to let that get in my head too much. I just want to keep writing what\u2019s real for me in the moment and let it go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boone skyrocketed into success after his breakthrough with \u201cBeautiful Things,\u201d he earned a 2025 Grammy nomination for Best New Artist and followed it with songs including \u201cSorry I\u2019m Here for Someone Else\u201d and \u201cMystical Magical.\u201d<\/p>\n
But long before the awards, sold-out arenas and screaming crowds, there was \u201cGhost Town,\u201d the first song Boone wrote entirely on his own.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember sitting in the back of an Uber on the way to my first writing session. I was so nervous I started writing in the Uber,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI wrote the melodies for the song humming in my voice notes in that car.\u201d<\/p>\n
He admits that having music he could call his own was a turning point.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t really until I had concrete music to call my own that I really started feeling connected to my career,\u201d Boone said. \u201cThat\u2019s what will always drive me.\u201d<\/p>\n
That connection becomes even more apparent when Boone talks about performing. Despite his rapid ascent to some of the biggest stages in the country, he says the live show remains at the center of his passion.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, performing has always been the heart of my passion in music,\u201d he said. \u201cI think I\u2019ve always had confidence on stage, but I never really knew what I was capable of until I started going on tour.\u201d<\/p>\n
That confidence has helped carry him from smaller rooms to Madison Square Garden, where Boone said the magnitude of the moment was not lost on him.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a moment, for sure. I actually said it from the stage that night,\u201d he said. \u201cI told the crowd that me and my manager set that goal four years and 172 days before that show.\u201d<\/p>\n
Standing on the Garden stage after setting that goal years earlier was emotional, Boone said.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember being choked up and telling them, \u2018you have no idea how long I\u2019ve been waiting for this day,\u2019\u201d he said.\n<\/p>\n
Now, as he prepares for a 35-date U.S. tour, Boone is looking forward to something different: getting close to his audience again.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cArenas are amazing, but there\u2019s a distance to them no matter what you do,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re performing for a massive room, and sometimes I realize there are people I literally cannot even see.\u201d<\/p>\n