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But a few lines in, he pivots.
Nah, nah, nah, that doesnt feel right, he says, cutting off the song.
Then a drum beat arrives, the tempo picks up, and Boones voice jumps to a hair-metal-esque falsetto.
In a matter of seconds, Cry has become an angry, edgy pop-rock song.
Boone couldve sung either version.
Almost anything a pop listener could want to hear comes somewhere across its three-minute run time.
Its not a recipe for changing pop music, but it is one for sticking around.
But Boone doesnt fit neatly into that comparison.
For the first year of his career, he found more success as a pop balladeer like Lewis Capaldi.
Boone had auditioned for the 2021 season ofAmerican Idolwith the vaguely emotional piano ballad Punchline, by Aidan Martin.
But Boone hadnt set out to make ballads.
The song has now soundtracked nearly 3.5 million videos.)
It takes a set of pipes to cover that sort of ground.
But the risk of Boones music is that pop moves quickly.
