8/10 Best for: Summer drives, late-night runs, or anyone who misses the feeling of being 17 and not knowing what comes next.
Third firework. This one’s a dud. A quiet whistle, then nothing. A promise that didn’t deliver. He knows that feeling. The song that almost wrote itself. The look that almost meant something. But he’s already past it, carving a sharp turn, one blade scraping the asphalt like a match being struck. Benson Boone Fireworks Rollerblades zip
: Boone is a former competitive diver and often incorporates acrobatics into his sets. He has famously performed while wearing rollerblades 8/10 Best for: Summer drives, late-night runs, or
And Benson Boone, on rollerblades, at midnight? He’s all zip. No bang necessary. A quiet whistle, then nothing
If you had to describe the album’s core essence in one onomatopoeia, zip might be it. Not the passive sound of something dragging by, but the sharp, exhilarating tear of a rollerblade carving a fresh line on smooth pavement. The crack and sizzle of a firework racing skyward before it explodes.
Why rollerblades? In an era of gritty realism and sad girl acoustics, rollerblades feel almost defiantly silly. But that is the point.