Benson Boone's new video for "Mr. Electric Blue"

Lighten up, crabbyface. It's just corny beefcake style.

I don't see how everyone could see how gay Billy Squier's video for "Rock Me Tonite" was forty years ago, but so far no one's talking about this even though Benson Boone is supposedly a straight Mormon. The wet, shirtless, short-shorts look in the carwashing footage is right out of a Falcon video.

Who's crabby, r1? I characterized the video as that with only the deepest gratitude and appreciation.

I don't understand this guy's endgame. Is he going for teen heartthrob or slutty gay cock tease? He flaunts that ass like a male version of that little baby doll singer who coos, whimpers, shakes her ass and flaunts her dirty pillows like a Lolita blow up doll. Do we know yet who the country singer that supposedly took his shot and tried to tap that ass during a Grammy party? Apparently he got turned down because that ass belongs to the Imagine Dragon dude.

I need to start writing down the names of all the celebrities often mentioned on DL that I dont know so I can look them up later.

r4 where'd you read that?

[quote] I don't understand this guy's endgame.

Why do you need to understand his 'endgame'?

You are not his manager.

Just awful

I think this video shows he doesn't take himself or his fame too seriously.

Kinda charming, that.

How dare people speculate on a celebrity's motives, r7... here on Datalounge, of all places!

I'd like him to take my virginity.

I posted on another thread about how I couldn't figure him out after limited exposure, and this video didn't help much. The music is as vaporous as cotton candy but cute enough for pop radio. Google tells me he's dating a woman, and I just learned from R2 that he's Mormon, so the body flaunting and preening is probably gay baiting. But the thing that strikes me as the most artificial is how hard he leans into the "regular guy who stumbled into the music business" image, which is the thrust of this entire video. He's obviously talented, and he carries himself like an upper middle-class kid who jumped the line for getting discovered. In a generation of kids who promote themselves relentlessly on social media, is false modesty now considered attractive?

If you tilt your head and squint, a point could be made that he's being subversive by taking the traditional role of the female pop vixen. But I doubt that much thought has been put into it. All in all, he's a nice-looking boy who's fun to watch. Good for him.

He’s basically the child of Harry Styles. Safe pop music with an eccentric / flamboyant image that caters to white girls and gay men.

Is he going to be David Archuleta 2.0 ?

He's a bigger star now than David Archuleta ever was.

I really meant that he might go a few years as a Mormon singer/star, and then come out and renounce the religion of his childhood.

It's not a great song but the video is cute. He knows he's the flavor of the month

All of these female pop stars dress like sluts and act like whores, why can’t a guy do it as well? I think it’s awesome - the way he dressed and performs - he’s not just gay baiting, he’s everything baiting. It’s fun to watch .

[quote]He flaunts that ass like a male version of that little baby doll singer who coos, whimpers, shakes her ass and flaunts her dirty pillows like a Lolita blow up doll.

I assume you’re talking about Sabrina Carpenter. Yeah, he is kind of a male version of her.

Pandering to the fraus and the gays.

Tale as old as time.

[quote] He's a bigger star now than David Archuleta ever was.

Not below the waist.

I can't help finding him sexy.

He’s young, cute, has a sexy porn ‘stache and great legs. Nothing else matters right now.

I actually like it! Good for him - fun enough summer tune.

I think the song is fun and I thoroughly enjoyed looking at him, so... *shrug*

That moustache is in dire need of grooming and shaping.

When done properly pop music approached an art form. Can't imagine a pop star reducing themselves to a sex object just to sell more records.

That moustache is so ugly and off-putting. Not helping is his music is horrible.

Eh, he's 22 years old, and who isn't a complete dumb ass at that age.

I'm embarrassed for him. He has such a trailer park vibe. And I don't care for his music.

I’m so tired of pop and hip hop music. It’s complete crap. It’s shit I could make on my computer.

Tiny dick, blown out hole, Mormon, no talent, he’s the new Psy of Gangnam Style fame or LMAFO. He better be saving his money.

BUMP- and a cock tease- also the jumping over the piano. Maybe I am old but Sinatra, The Stones, and Patsy Cline didn't need a trick to catch their fans' attention.