Benson Boone has opened up about his body image struggles in a new interview, confessing that he “can’t be the sex icon of the century.”
Sitting down with the Rolling Stone, 22-year-old Boone revealed that while he might look confident on stage, behind the scenes it’s a different story.
Considering his fan base is young females who typically view him as a heartthrob, the Grammy award winning artist discussed his insecurities of what fans expect from his shows.
“There is an art to making anybody go crazy.… I also don’t want people to come to a show expecting me to just take my shirt off and it to be like a gun show,” he said.
“One, I don’t have the guns for that. Two, that’s just not what I’m about.… I don’t want to rely on my physical form to be the primary driver of my shows.”
Boone received a lot of attention for his jaw-dropping performance at the Grammys, where he transformed into an epic blue jumpsuit to perform his hit Beautiful Things.
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Boone continued to explain that it ‘sucks to just focus’ on his body image all the time, because he’s ‘so incredibly hard’ on himself.
He continued, “And when I start to think about my appearance too much, it just kills me because there’s always something more I could do.”
“There’s always a hairstyle or, like, my arms could be bigger. My shoulders could be bigger. It’s never-ending. I can’t afford to think that way because I will never be happy if I do think that way.”
“Obviously, like, I enjoy working out and I want to keep my physical shape because I need to. But I can’t be the sex icon of the century, just because that’s not who I am.”
After deciding to leave American Idol back in 2021, the rising star has had a huge few years with his hit Beautiful Things reaching No.2 on the Billboard hot 100 charts and scoring a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.
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