Benson Boone, Slow It Down | Song Review 🎵

Ascending pop musician Benson Boone shines once more on “Slow It Down,” a beautiful, sincere single from his debut LP, Fireworks & Rollerblades.

“Oh, now you’re crying, you’re in pieces / ‘Cause the only love you’ve ever known is Jesus / I can feel it / Oh, I hate that I’m the reason that you’re…” Benson Boone has had a fabulous year in 2024.  His first single of 2024, “Beautiful Things”, reached peaked at no. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, giving him his first top 40 hit.  Boone returns while he’s hot (he was already hot, btw), with a second compelling single, “Slow It Down”.  “Slow It Down,” like “Beautiful Things,” appears on Boone’s debut album, Fireworks & Rollerblades (arrives April 5, 2024).  “Slow It Down” was penned by Boone alongside Jack LaFrantz and producers Jason Evigan, Connor McDonough, and Riley McDonough. Benson may urge her, and himself to ‘slow it down,’ but there’s no need for him to personally slow down at this point given his upward career trajectory.

On “Slow it Down,” Benson begins singing abruptly, supported by piano accompaniment. As always, his voice is stunning – he possesses a dynamic instrument.  As he sings, you buy what he sells; he’s incredibly authentic.  In the first verse, he speaks about this budding relationship, and her fears of commitment. In the chorus, he switches from the ‘powered-up’ vocals to falsetto which is ripe – delightful to the nth degree.  Thematically, he speaks about taking things slowly without pressure. The second verse adds additional instrumentation, sounding more developed than the first.  He continues to sing his face off as he speaks on his own anxiety regarding love (“I could lose you like the others / Only girl that’s never left me is my mother”).  Despite the fever pitch reached, at the end, he indeed ‘slows it down’ and turns the volume down too.  It’s a fitting ending to another fabulous pop song by the handsome, talented musician. “Slow It Down” is a winner.

Benson Boone // Fireworks & Rollerblades // Night Street / Warner // 4.5.24

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