This kid.

There’s no need to compare him to The Biebz. But it’s just so tempting, the comparison practically begs to be made. So we’re going to do it.

Meet Austin Mahone. 

I was at the gym, in the zone, breaking a sweat on the treadmill listening to my own music when I happened to glance at the flat screen overhead. That’s when I saw him. This kid was performing some really intense choreography that requires more than hitting the moves, it requires a certain style and confidence. When you watch him dance, you don’t get the feeling he’s counting “One… and two… and three… and four” under his breath. Austin Mahone is mastering moves with style, poise and grace and most importantly, innate rythm, all before Bieber ever even got a pair of high top Nike’s. (Swoosh)

Mahone has a pretty sick style that’s a little more urban than the Biebz and really gives him a run for his money. I mean, this kid I’d certainly say, has more swag. That’s exactly what got me to switch over from my music, to listening to the music video on the treadmill. It's his performance factor.  Big pretty eyes, nice hair, huge million dollar smile is all part of Austin’s package deal, but that’s about where it stops. 

His sound…needs to be worked on. It lacks direction. He has a great voice but the over produced quality of his songs sound like a Kidz Bop record. That’s where I shook my head, and everything fell apart. It left me kind of heart broken because I see so much potential in him!
If you pick apart pieces of Bieber and Mahone, carefully structure them back together and you’d have someone with 3X the popularity of J-Biebz alone. Take Justin's sexy lyrical style similar to Chris Brown, and give Mahone Justin’s producer, give Justin Mahone's dance execution and I see great, great things. But you can't just do that to people.

Check out Autsin’s newest music video.

Oh yeah.

Flo Rida is in there, too.