Austin Mahone wants to make a huge impact with new album!
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Mahomies will have to wait a while longer for Austin Mahone's debut LP, but the pop star has given them something to chew on in the meantime.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why did you decide to release This Is Not the Album as a mixtape?
Just because I've released a lot of music in these past few months, and I had a lot of songs just sitting around that I wanted my fans to hear. I don't know when my album is coming out, I have no clue right now. I'm just waiting for this new year to come so I can just start fresh and take it day by day. But this is why I'm putting this out — just so I can hold the fans over until I do know when it's going to come out. I decided to just make a mixtape and put it out for free for my fans.
What's happening with the actual album right now?
I'm just taking my time with it, because I want it to be perfect for my fans. It's my first one. I want to make it a huge impact when I release it.
You have quite a few collaborators on there. How did those happen? Chris Brown, T-Pain, Becky G, Sage the Gemini? That's a pretty stacked list.
A lot of them are my friends already, so it wasn't too difficult to get done. It was kinda, "You want to get on this?" and everyone was down to get on the songs. So I got a lot of dope people — Kalin and Myles, Sage the Gemini, Chris Brown, Becky G, just tons of people.
Can you tell us about other future plans music-wise? I'm probably going to shoot a few videos for these songs from This Is Not the Album. So I'm going to get those done, and then I'm just going to keep working on new music really. There's no set plans for me right now. I'm just going to keep working on new music and keep doing shows and traveling.
He has nothing that's different about him or separates him from other artists his age or in his genre. There's nothing ground-breaking and he was only signed because they thought they could replicate Bieber Fever.
He's a pretty face and can dance, so for his label, they will see that as the easiest way that he could have success. If he had some interesting ideas or something important to say, that could be a way forward, but I doubt it.
I was rooting for him, but he really lost his way. His EP was cute and set him apart, but yeah it didn't lead to the big succes they hoped to. I am not feeling his mixtape, it mainly sounds like Justin Bieber and Chris Brown gave him acces to their leftovers for him to record.
He needs a way to find it's own place in the industry, especially for a debut album. It is pretty ridiculous he only released a Japanese EP, a WW EP and a few stand-alone singles beside that mixtape. He could have been easily about-to-release his third album at this point.
He should collab with Pitbull for the trashiest song of the decade... oh wait, he already did.
As said before, his music style is incredibly tacky and unoriginal. He's like the second Justin Bieber. I think he might have talent, but whomever is leading him is doing a very bad job.
