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Benson Boone gets 2/5 from RS: “too safe”


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I smell a double standard. I can think of more than a few ~pop girlies~ who are praised to the heavens for safe/music that has been recycled over and over since 2019. 

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Teletubby

they gave Taylor Swift's last album 5 stars and named it instant classic then they didn't even include it in their year-end list maybe for Benson it will be the other way around

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AsleepOnTheCeiling
7 hours ago, Lord Mayhem said:

The songs all sound the same...regardless of how you feel about his forced queerbaiting persona...the music doesnt cut it 

:madge:

Queerbaiting?

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bionic
2 hours ago, AsleepOnTheCeiling said:

Queerbaiting?

To some people existing as a physically attractive male while being straight = queerbaiting

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Lord Mayhem
4 hours ago, AsleepOnTheCeiling said:

Queerbaiting?

Going on and on in interviews about not wanting to be known for his body

Then proceeds to post a teaser in short shorts topless and getting soapy and wet while washing a car showing his ass to the camera...

Girl...bye...:madge:

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2 hours ago, bionic said:

To some people existing as a physically attractive male while being straight = queerbaiting

no he's been trying it, it's all over my timeline lol

mother, what must i do?
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andy232000

He debuted with a little over 6.1M streams in its first day on Spotify. A colossal flop. I think it’s even less than Katy Perry’s 143

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On 6/20/2025 at 12:45 PM, ThisGuyTony said:

Benson Boone Can’t Land the Backflip

Despite the Freddie Mercury-­referencing deep-V jumpsuits he’s wearing these days, his latest deflates under the weight of all its glam-pop and Seventies and Eighties pastiche. At times swaggerless and too pristine in his attempts to corner the market of retro-pop stardom, Boone loses the youthful edge of his debut and the rawness that made his biggest hit soar so high. On American Heart, songs like “Man in Me” and “Mystical Magical” are the worst offenders of his retromania, the latter too cloying and unconvincing in its whimsy.

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Ladle Ghoulash
2 hours ago, Lord Mayhem said:

Going on and on in interviews about not wanting to be known for his body

Then proceeds to post a teaser in short shorts topless and getting soapy and wet while washing a car showing his ass to the camera...

Girl...bye...:madge:

That’s…simply not queerbaiting lmao 

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Ladle Ghoulash

So, for reference, I think some of y’all think:

-Performing for the gay male gaze = queerbaiting

-Men behaving or dressing flamboyantly = queerbaiting 

We have forgotten our public MANNERS
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2 hours ago, andy232000 said:

He debuted with a little over 6.1M streams in its first day on Spotify. A colossal flop. I think it’s even less than Katy Perry’s 143

that includes Beautiful Things? :bradley:

mother, what must i do?
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Teletubby
1 minute ago, nATAH said:

that includes Beautiful Things? :bradley:

Beautiful Things was on his debut album

 

2 hours ago, andy232000 said:

He debuted with a little over 6.1M streams in its first day on Spotify. A colossal flop. I think it’s even less than Katy Perry’s 143

his album debuted with 9.7M streams from 10 tracks, not 6M

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Ladle Ghoulash
39 minutes ago, Lord Mayhem said:

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It’s okay to not know what queerbaiting is, sister. We support you :holdmyhand:

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