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The past few days in the life of Boone Benson have been a whirlwind of international festival stages, viral social media moments, and the kind of pop culture chatter that can launch a career from rising star to true phenomenon. Just this weekend, Benson commanded one of the biggest festival stages in the world at Lollapalooza Paris. According to Sortir à Paris and Le Monde, Benson’s set on July 18 electrified the huge crowd at Hippodrome de Longchamp, winning praise for both his powerful vocals and his signature showmanship, including a now-legendary front flip onstage. With a stage presence that some say recalls Freddie Mercury—mustache and all—he cycled through hits like Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else, Mystical Magical, In the Stars, and of course Beautiful Things, which earlier this year peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and crossed 700 million streams on Spotify.
The crowd at Lollapalooza made headlines as Benson asked everyone to put down their phones and share an intimate moment during his tribute song In the Stars, a gesture that was widely shared on social media and noted as one of the festival’s emotional high points. This Paris appearance capped off a highly visible week across Europe: Just days before, Benson drew rave reviews and a standing ovation at the Montreux Jazz Festival, stepping in for Sam Fender and delivering a talked-about cover of Seventeen Going Under. Y101 reports that the cover became a festival highlight and proved Boone’s versatility as a performer.
Benson’s touring schedule remains relentless. In the past week alone, he performed in Monaco at the Salle des Etoiles and, judging by hundreds of comments and nearly 10,000 likes on a fan-posted Instagram reel, charmed fans with meet-and-greets that further fueled his social media presence. Fan edits and TikTok stitches of Benson’s live performances—especially the viral debut of Mystical Magical at the American Music Awards—are racking up hundreds of thousands of views. The song’s quirky hook (“Moonbeam ice cream, taking off your blue jeans, dancing at the movies”) immediately became meme fodder, driving even more chart momentum with a top 15 spot in the UK and Ireland.
Meanwhile, Boone is capitalizing on his meme status with self-aware humor, directly addressing haters and supporters alike on TikTok in a way that both parodies and embraces his online persona. This digital savvy ensures that, whether fans love him, love to hate him, or just can’t get away from him, he remains a fixture wherever new pop stars are crowned.
No business controversies or new product launches have emerged in this period, and aside from the expected festival afterglow, speculation regarding major collaborations or sudden pivots in Benson’s career appears unfounded. For now, the story is one of pure, unfiltered momentum—onstage flips, viral lyrics, and a summer’s worth of sold-out shows sustaining Benson Benson’s mainstream breakthrough.
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