"I'd either check Billboard or iTunes Top 10 for the hottest songs, and I'd record my own versions," the 16 year-old explains. "That's how people began to find me online."
They found him in droves too. The subscriber, comment, and follower numbers snowballed as Mahone interacted with his audience directly.
"While I was in Chicago for a birthday party, I decided to do a little meet and greet," he recalls. "I tweeted for everyone to meet at The Bean. I thought there would be ten fans. A thousand showed up, and the cops had to shut it down. That was the moment when everything changed."
Since then, Mahone has come a long way from La Vernia—a town outside of San Antonio as he puts it, "with no Movie Theater or bowling alley". By 2012, he'd garnered 1.8 million Facebook fans, 1.5 million Twitter followers, 545k YouTube subscribers, and notched over 96 million views without a record label, marketing team, or any standard industry machinery. After quickly selling 100k downloads of his infectious song "11:11" independently, he had become a veritable phenomenon. However, he could back everything up on stage too. Selling out high-profile shows at the Best Buy Theater Times Square in New York and Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, he landed on Live! With Kelly & Michael, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, E! News and VH1, while appearing in The Wall Street Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, and more.
Everything is set to change again with the release of his forthcoming full-length debut for Chase Records and Republic Records. The first official single, "Say You're Just a Friend" featuring Flo Rida, updates the Biz Markie classic with a fiery, fresh, and fun little twist. Mahone's impressive vocal delivery pulsates over a big dance floor groove just before Flo Rida drops a sizzling verse. It's an immediately irresistible anthem.
"I want to make upbeat pop that you can party to," says Mahone. "I've always been a huge fan of Flo Rida, and I thought it'd be cool to get him on this track. It's about being friends with a girl that you like more than just a friend. You can't tell her though because it might ruin that friendship. It's something a lot of people can relate to. We had a blast with it though."
With a 2013 tour with Taylor Swift on the horizon and more music coming, everybody is about to have a blast along with Mahone though—especially the countless "Mahomies" worldwide who have fallen for him. "I hope everyone can connect with the songs and love them," he concludes. "I want to make music that people can listen to over and over again and feel good about."
Loving You Is Easy
Austin Mahone Lyrics
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Like bottles in the ocean
But we found one another
Like the answer to my question
Like the words to a love song
Like a river to the red sea
Finding you was so hard,
Loving you is easy
Loving you is easy
Finding you was so hard,
But loving you is easy
We were lost in the middle
Like bottles in the ocean
But we found one another
Like the answer to my question
Like the words to a love song
Like a river to the red sea
Finding you was so hard
But loving you is easy
Loving you is easy
Loving you is easy
Finding you was so hard,
But loving you is easy
Loving you, I've been loving you
Loving you, I've been loving you
Loving you, I've been loving you
Loving you, I've been loving you
Loving you, I've been loving you
Loving you, I've been loving you
Finding you was so hard
I think I finally found the one
Here comes a change
I think the change has just begun
I'm not the same
I think I finally found the one
Here comes a change
I think the change has just begun
I'm not the same
I think I finally found the one
We were lost in the middle
Like bottles in the ocean
But we found one another
Like the answer to my question
Like words to a love song
Like a river to the red sea
Finding you was so hard,
But loving you is easy.
The song "Loving You Is Easy" by Austin Mahone is about the journey of finding someone special and how easy it is to love them. The first two verses compare the difficulty of finding each other to being lost like bottles in the ocean, but how they eventually found each other as if it were the answer to a question or the words to a love song. The comparison of their love to a river and a sea symbolizes the fact that their love is strong and unstoppable. Even though finding love seemed difficult, it is easy to love that person once they are found.
In the chorus, he repeats the idea that finding each other was hard, but loving each other is easy. The repetition of the phrase emphasizes the main theme of the song. The bridge announces that Austin Mahone thinks he has found "the one" and that a change has begun. He references that finding someone special can change someone and that he is not the same anymore.
Overall, the song is a tribute to those who have found love and emphasizes the ease of loving someone when that love is genuine.
Line by Line Meaning
We were lost in the middle
We were at a loss and unsure, stuck in the midst of something.
Like bottles in the ocean
We felt insignificant and directionless, lost like small objects in a vast expanse of sea.
But we found one another
Despite feeling lost, we were able to connect and form a relationship.
Like the answer to my question
Meeting you felt like a solution to a problem I had been trying to solve, like finding an answer to a question.
Like the words to a love song
Being with you gave me the same feeling as hearing a beautiful love song that resonates with me.
Like a river to the red sea
Finding you was like finding a saving grace, like a river in the desert leading to the vast sea.
Finding you was so hard,
The process of discovering and connecting with you was a difficult and trying one.
But loving you is easy
However, once I found you, being in love with you came simply and naturally.
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@cheyennepike5417
I just love this song especially Austin's version!
@lovemetro6130
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@user-ty5pk8bw1r
I just love this song especially Austin s version
@felicitythao5026
never get tired of this song
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@vampiregothgirl12
austin i love all your songs there beautiful just ignore the haters they dont know how truly talented you are cant wait to see you one day at your concerts <3 love you #mahomies lol all us fans are proud of you. you are amazing dont forget that xoxo nice beat to the song :)
@TaylorWrightFilm
Probably my favorite song from Austin. I just melt when he says " but loving you is easy." <3
@emilyrafaeli2791
Me apaixonei na hora que escutei , primeira vez que escutei foi hoje e gostei de mais ! haha mais uma Fã !
@giulianecd
SOCORRO EU NAO CONSIGO PARAR DE OUVIR AAAAAAA
@MeganVictoria1995
There's barely any difference between the two as this song suits both of them!