Like the many sensations born online, Austin Mahone had an uphill battle moving from viral videos to chart topping hits. With his new single "What About Love" Austin ditches the "internet sensation" label and shows he is ready to move on to bigger things. He sat down with Billboard.com to discuss his rise to fame and debut album.
He says that his first videos started with his best friend Alex, "Sometimes we would make videos of us fighting each other or just something stupid, and sometimes I would cover songs. My first cover was 'Beautiful Song' by Jesse McCartney." He says that after his videos started to get noticed was when he began travelling and doing shows.
Austin says he loves to give it his all when he's travelling to different cities. He says that he likes to see new places and try new things, but something he loves doing is to go to an arcade with his fans. "I'll go to Dave and Busters with my fans... it's fun, it's just a fun thing for us to do."
"I think it all comes down to just me being myself," he said about his new album. "With this new album, it's kind of like a little old-school mixed with new-school, electronic dance music with Backstreet Boys melodies. It's a different sound, but I think a lot of people are really gonna enjoy it."
Just this Wednesday, June 26, Austin was spotted hanging at Disneyland with Selena Gomez, since then rumors have been flying about the two possibly dating. The pair met up with Emblem3 later in the day.
Do you think you will pick up Austin's new album when it is released? And what do you think of the rumors of him dating Selena? Could they be true or is it just the media trying to pin Selena down with someone new?
Check out the full interview with Austin below!
He says that his first videos started with his best friend Alex, "Sometimes we would make videos of us fighting each other or just something stupid, and sometimes I would cover songs. My first cover was 'Beautiful Song' by Jesse McCartney." He says that after his videos started to get noticed was when he began travelling and doing shows.
Austin says he loves to give it his all when he's travelling to different cities. He says that he likes to see new places and try new things, but something he loves doing is to go to an arcade with his fans. "I'll go to Dave and Busters with my fans... it's fun, it's just a fun thing for us to do."
"I think it all comes down to just me being myself," he said about his new album. "With this new album, it's kind of like a little old-school mixed with new-school, electronic dance music with Backstreet Boys melodies. It's a different sound, but I think a lot of people are really gonna enjoy it."
Just this Wednesday, June 26, Austin was spotted hanging at Disneyland with Selena Gomez, since then rumors have been flying about the two possibly dating. The pair met up with Emblem3 later in the day.
Do you think you will pick up Austin's new album when it is released? And what do you think of the rumors of him dating Selena? Could they be true or is it just the media trying to pin Selena down with someone new?
Check out the full interview with Austin below!
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