“In the Stars” by Benson Boone

What Benson Boone’s “In the Stars” reads like is a song of bereavement, i.e. the addressee being someone who is ‘six feet’ under. Also said individual was also a person the vocalist truly loved, perhaps even his sweetheart.

But in any event, underneath all of the metaphors and indirect lingo, what we are dealing with here is a narrator who is having a hard time accepting that the addressee has actually passed. For instance, as revealed in the first verse, the two of them used to go to church together. But now that she has died, even his faith in God has been shaken to the core. So the further implication is that the addressee left the mortal plane prematurely and perhaps unexpectedly.

So what Benson seems to be putting forth thesis-wise is a resolve to never forget this person who is now “in the stars”, i.e. up in heaven, if you will. Sometimes when faced with these types of situations, a person may be advised to move on or what have you. But the vocalist is “still holding on” to his relationship with the deceased, not being willing to relinquish the memories nor the associated emotional pain.

Benson Boone

Boone, who is 19 years old as of the dropping of this track, is a singer who, at this early juncture in his career, is largely known as the man who quit American Idol, even though he reportedly got off to a very good start on the all-popular talent competition in 2021. Boone has implied that the reason he bounced like that was because the producers of the show were trying to fashion him into an image that he did not agree with.

Since then, Boone’s celebrity-like success on TikTok earned him a contract with Night Street Records and by extension Warner Records, who are the labels behind this track. His debut single, 2021’s “Ghost Town“, proved to be a notable success.

“In the Stars”

On 29 April 2022, the aforementioned labels officially released “In the Stars”.

The production of this song is credited to one Jason Evigan, who also served as a co-writer of the song. In that latter regard, he is credited alongside Benson and Michael Pollack.