Benson Boone - American Heart (full album) FIRST TIME REACTION
Added 2025-06-25 17:36:31 +0000 UTCI wanted to see if there was anything real behind the hate for this guy... Pitchfork gave Benson Boone a 3.7 rating for his album "American Heart". That just seems blatantly hateful especially with some of the excerpts that have been shared to socials. See what I decided to rate this album and let me know your thoughts :)
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I don't think it's a masterpiece but it's not bad either. I feel like people just like being mean to certain people. Ei. Benson and Katy Perry.
Jermonster
2025-07-07 04:26:53 +0000 UTCThis is a very big downgrade from the first album.
mddbl
2025-06-26 13:53:58 +0000 UTCThank you for this! I don’t understand the hate he's receiving and genuinely worry about his wellbeing—I can’t even begin to imagine how it must feel for him. The guy really does need a break from it all: he’s young and extremely talented, and he writes his own songs. Sure, it’s not really my cup of tea and some of the songs feel a bit formulaic, but it's a decent album. I certainly couldn’t do what he does—I wish I could—and if I’d been able to produce a body of work like this, I’d be so proud of it. Not every album has to revolutionise the industry, and critics putting that sort of pressure on artists is immensely damaging—I'm sure it would make artists think twice about putting themselves out there and releasing their work, which is very worrying. I really do hope he has support—I’ve seen interviews and he seems genuine, decent, progressive, and thoughtful. I really appreciate you calling out the hate and criticism for what it is, and for giving the album a listen on its own terms. Some of it isn’t for me, but it’s still good and Benson deserves every success with it. I saved ‘Mystical Magical’ to my playlist—that’s a gem! I loved ‘Momma Song’ too, because I’m unashamedly a momma’s boy—she does so much for me and is my favourite person in the world, and I love hearing someone else feel the same way about their Mum too.
Christopher West
2025-06-26 07:37:55 +0000 UTCI will say if you look on genius and some other places he is credited as song writer. He’s talked about writing his songs so I’m not sure why Spotify didn’t put his name on them also but he did right his songs with Evan and Jason.
Rachel Aaron
2025-06-26 02:17:43 +0000 UTCSure, he’s not doing anything groundbreaking here but it’s certainly not the worst album I’ve ever heard. Also, I feel like as a society we need to get past the notion that every album/song needs to be ‘the best’. If we look at music the same way we look at movies - sure, an Oscar-bait movie is good now and again for some good storylines and performances but if every movie was like that it would get tiring pretty quickly, we also need the trashy movies like Mean Girls, 50 First Dates, 40 Year Old Virgin etc to balance everything out. If everything is incredible then it makes incredible boring, you need the baseline to determine the peaks and troughs. I need the “moonbeam ice cream” and the “shake it off” because if every album was an Adele album I’d lose my mind 😂
Liam Mcfarlane
2025-06-26 01:25:18 +0000 UTCI really enjoy hearing your commentary. It’s insightful and grounded, and you give everything a chance. Your heart really showed through in this reaction. I think it’s an OK album, nothing particularly specially in the back half, but you made me think and reflect on the songs a bit more as I listened to you react. Thank you for that!
BonnyStan13
2025-06-25 21:50:24 +0000 UTCI agree with the critics this time unfortunately 💀
Jade
2025-06-25 21:32:17 +0000 UTCI'm just gonna throw some fuel on the fire here, but you really should start giving a rating to every album you react to. Just sayin’ 🙉🙊 I mean, I actually liked this
Vinicius🇧🇷
2025-06-25 20:52:21 +0000 UTCI really like this album. Ive actually saved every song and in my opinion, it's a none skip album. I also loved his first album, Fireworks and Rollerblades. Love this reaction 🥰
Liam Oliver
2025-06-25 19:28:33 +0000 UTCAlso Alex Warren is fantastic, has released some bangers already so yes check him out. His voice is amazing. He has a song releasing on friday with Rose from blackpink if you want to check it out for new music friday
Isabella Peterson
2025-06-25 19:20:05 +0000 UTC
