Benson Boone was raised Mormon but now: 'I don't want to be a part of one religion'
Does anyone around here like Benson Boone? He had a big hit song in the past year: "Beautiful Things" got tons of radio play, and he also performed the song at this year's Grammys. He comes across as a harmless weirdo AND a throwback to a different time. I've heard people say "he sounds like a one-man version of Imagine Dragons" and then they learn that, oh right, Boone was discovered by Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds, who signed Boone to his label. There's a Mormon connection here too – Dan Reynolds and Benson Boone were both raised Mormon (Dan even went to Brigham Young . . .