Watch Benson Boone carry out ‘Mystical Magical’ and ‘Sorry I’m Right here for Somebody Else’ on ‘SNL’

Benson Boone carried out ‘Mystical Magical’ and ‘Sorry I’m Right here for Somebody Else’ on Saturday Evening Stay final night time (April 3) – watch footage under.

The singer-songwriter Benson made his debut on the present with two tracks taken from his upcoming album ‘American Coronary heart’, which is due for launch on June 20 by way of Evening Road Data/Warner.

His February single, ‘Sorry I’m Right here For Somebody Else’, served as the primary style of the file, and Boone’s rendition of it on the present noticed him sing a number of traces to host Quinta Brunson earlier than becoming a member of the band on stage.

He then took on ‘Mystical Magical’, which he debuted at Coachella earlier this month in a efficiency that noticed him carry out Brian Might for a canopy of Queen’s traditional hit ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, with shock visitor Might sticking round for a particular rendition of ‘Lovely Issues’.

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Nevertheless, Boone later clapped again on the Coachella crowd’s lukewarm response to his rock royalty visitor. Throughout his efficiency at weekend two of the occasion, he took issues additional by bringing out a guitar-wielding cardboard cutout of Might.

Followers have urged that the Might collaboration at Coachella got here in response to current comparisons to Freddie Mercury, given Boone’s flamboyant performances usually make use of his signature name and response, and his outfits usually seem to have been impressed by him.

Following the Coachella slot, Boone addressed his critics in a current publish on TikTok – suggesting they need to be extra constructive, advising: “Should you hate me or my music, a minimum of have a very good purpose for it”.

“I simply learn a remark that stated ‘idek [I don’t even know] why I hate Benson Boone nevertheless it feels proper.’ Like WHAT!!? How am I supposed to enhance after studying that?”

Boone, who is understood for his trademark backflips and energetic dwell performances, continued: “A minimum of say one thing legitimate like ‘he low-key simply flips in every single place[.] can he [do] the rest?’”

Seemingly referring to ‘Lovely Issues’, the star added: “And even ‘I simply don’t like his songs despite the fact that I’m basing my opinion off the one one which I’ve heard again and again’ (tremendous legitimate).”

The observe was nominated for Worldwide Track Of The Yr on the BRITs 2025, whereas Boone additionally earned a nod within the Worldwide Artist Of The Yr class. Moreover, the musician carried out ‘Lovely Issues’ at this 12 months’s Grammys, the place he was up for Greatest New Artist – which finally went to Chappell Roan.