Kenny Hoffpauer, who lives around the corner from my parents in Philly, came over to my house when he was 16 saying he was serious about being in music and was going to try out for American Idol. Well he ended up making the top 50 on AA, so I figured the kid was at the very least marketable.
3 years later, he’s 19 and is over the bubblegum crap he thought he needed to do to get a name for himself. Kenny is growing up and figuring out his style. That being said, my Mom called me this morning and asked, “have you seen Kenny’s new videos that I emailed you. The Frank Sinatra one is pretty good.”
So, if only for my Mom to stop calling me about it, I checked them out.
Kenny is not a mob-connected lounge singer or a politically active Black soul singer, but he pulls off both above average showing a lot room for potential. However, we’ll see if he’s able to translate that into creative and thoughtful pop music of his own…only time will tell.
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