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Austin Mahone on ditching clean-cut image and new single 'Dirty Work'

Heartthrob Austin Mahone will release his sexy new single 'Dirty Work' tomorrow and we sat down for a chat with the star about his impressive social media presence, his craziest fan experience to date, and how he's moving away from his clean-cut image as he readies his album. 

Hey Austin! Your new single, 'Dirty Work', is due to be released on October 9. Is it a good indication of the rest of your forthcoming album?

Hey, what's good?! There will definitely be more mature tracks on my album, so I'm excited to put it out. It's still in the works right now, but we're just getting everything together... 'Dirty Work' is just cool type of vibe song that everyone can just get into. 

Was the video a lot of fun to shoot? It looked like you had the best time!

It was a lot of fun. We had some random actors in there that were doing their thing and I got to get real steamy with a pretty girl! Oh, definitely. Yeah, I had creative control for sure. I gave some of my ideas to the video, yeah. 

You have a huge online following and you have a very strong presence on social media. How important is it for you to be connected to your fans in that way?

I know, I'm almost to 9 million (Twitter followers)! I'm working on it! Social media's everything, you know? It's a way to get in touch with my fans and to let them know what I've got coming next. It's almost like I'm just texting with my fans because it's so immediate. 

Have you ever experienced negativity online? What advice would you give fans that might be dealing with cyberbullying?

Oh yeah, definitely, I'm sure every artist has. I mean, I'd just say you can't listen to what people are going to say online. They're going to say all these crazy things because they're online on social media, but they wouldn't say that face to face.

Have you had any crazy fan experiences?

Crazy experiences? Ha, oh yeah. A few days ago this girl came to my house... it was actually two girls and a guy. They knocked on my door, so I answered and was like, 'what's up, hello'... and they were like, 'we're just hanging out', and then this girl was like, 'sorry, I'm kind of high right now'. I was drinking a bottle of water and she asked me if she could have it, so I gave her my water bottle. It was funny, though. It was so random. Then they left. They took my bottle of water and left!

Anytime I go out to perform my fans are the best in the world. They get me gifts and come to my shows... 

 

 

So, what can you tell us about your highly anticipated album? Is there a schedule for release yet?

I can say that it's coming, I know it's taking forever but it's coming. I'm still putting it together, but it's coming. I'm still trying to find the right songs to put in, but I'm really excited for all my fans to hear it. There'll be songs written from personal experiences and some others about things that people will be able to relate to and get into. I'm also trying to get Chris Brown on a song right now.

I'm trying to find the right sound that everyone can really appreciate. I want to reach everyone - not just young girls - also adults and maybe guys, too. It is a little difficult, just because I've tried to be as clean to the world as I can, but I don't want to go too clean where it's, like, not cool, do you know what I'm saying?

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Watch Mahone's music video for 'Dirty Work' here:

 

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