20-06-2025
Benson Boone Pokes Fun at Haters and 'One Hit Wonder' Criticism in 'Mr. Electric Blue' Video
Benson Boone has dropped a music video for the track "Mr. Electric Blue"
The 22-year-old musician pokes fun at "industry plant" and "one hit wonder" allegations in the visual, all while dealing with some of his harshest critics
Boone's new album, American Heart, is out nowBenson Boone's new music video has him coming face-to-face with his biggest adversaries: critics, haters and pools that don't allow backflips off the diving board.
On Friday, June 20, the acrobatic pop star dropped his latest album American Heart alongside a cheeky visual for standout track "Mr. Electric Blue," which addressed the naysayers with a hint of humor, self-deprecation and a shirtless car wash.
In the video, directed by Matt Eastin, Boone discovers he needs to raise $10 million during a meeting at "Industry Plant Records" headquarters — a nod to, well, "industry plant" allegations. The discovery takes him on a wild unemployment ride as he walks dogs, mows lawns, washes cars and sells jumpsuits all in an effort to make the money back in just a week.
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Boone opens the video by walking into a meeting with a label head while wearing a "one hit wonder" t-shirt, before being told that "everything's terrible" and his backflips and "moonbeam ice cream" catchphrase — a nod to single "Mystical Magical" — weren't necessarily doing the trick.
"We need something new, we need a new gimmick," the fictional label head told Boone. "Maybe good songwriting?"
"You know I can't do that," Boone responded, poking some more fun at himself.
With his career on the line in the visual, Boone then does all he can to raise $10 million in seven days. At one point, he even takes on a pool boy gig, before spotting a "no backflips" sign and having to retreat from the diving board.
At the end of it all, the musician discovers "everything's fine" and that his entire catalog has been sold to retail chains, fast food locations and movie theaters, making him "the most overplayed artist in the world."
"That's all I've ever wanted," he said at the end of the video.
Boone's new album, which marks his second LP, has already helped him steer clear of any "one-hit-wonder" allegations by spawning hit single "Mystical Magical" — a year after "Beautiful Things" backflipped its way to the top of the charts.
"I think I'm getting to the point where I just want people to know that there's more than just that song," Boone told Rolling Stone in March. "I think I'm a little past that point. But of course, I still love the song. I'm still proud of it. And I'll be performing it for a while, so I hope that feeling sticks around."
The new 10-song project arrives ahead of Boone's forthcoming American Heart North American arena tour, which is set to hit Madison Square Garden in New York and the Arena in Los Angeles after kicking off in St. Paul, Minnesota in August.
American Heart is out now via Night Street Records/Warner Records.
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