What a distinction a 12 months makes for Benson Boone, who informed Selection on the American Music Awards purple carpet Monday in Las Vegas. that “issues are choosing up in velocity” within the 12 months since he opened for Taylor Swift on a London cease on her record-smashing Eras tour.

“It simply by no means stops coming in. There’s all the time reveals to play, there’s all the time songs to write down, there’s all the time issues to launch, there’s all the time movies to submit,” Boone informed Selection‘s Marc Malkin. “Typically it may be exhausting, however on the identical time — I really like doing this. I really like placing myself on the market.”

Boone’s debut album “Fireworks and Rollerblades” scored for Warner Information final 12 months with breakout tune “Stunning Issues.”

The 22-year-old singer-songwriter is getting ready to launch his second studio album, “American Coronary heart,” in June. Boone informed Malkin that his dream collaborator is Bruno Mars. He added that his new album is partly impressed by Mars’ model of power-pop and R&B.

“It’s nostalgic for me. I feel lots of people my age grew up listening to Bruno in center college and in highschool. He’s large. He’s the perfect, he’s insane. He’s the best — such a spectacular expertise. And I’d clearly like to work with him,” Boone mentioned.

After a beat Boone added that the album set for launch June 20 on Warner Bros. Information is “my greatest shot at doing my very own model of Bruno.”

Morever, he added, “This album means a lot to me. I feel it’s the greatest physique of labor I’ve ever made.”

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